Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Preface ix
5. Part I: Language and World
6. 1 The Word is a World (La parole est un monde) 1
7. 2 What Do We Have in Mind When We Talk about Language? 10
8. 3 What Do We See in the Term Worldview? 14
9. 4 Boas 20
10. 5 Sapir 25
11. 6 Whorf 33
12. Part II: Humboldt, Man and Language
13. 7 Worldview (Weltanschauung or Weltansicht) 53
14. 8 Sprache 58
15. 9 The Work of the Mind 63
16. 10 Form 74
17. 11 Creativity, Culture and Character 81
18. 12 Catching the Character 97
19. 13 A Seeing and Feeling Worldview 106
20. 14 Four Dangers in the Comparative Approach 113
21. 15 Reformulating the Worldview Hypothesis 120
22. 16 A Final Word 144
23. Glossary 147
24. Bibliography 154
25. Index 160