Abstract
The recent emergence of multicultural and multidisciplinary studies is expanding traditional disciplines and developing new areas of inquiry. A notable beneficiary of this integrative trend is consciousness studies as it draws on several cultures and disciplines, including linguistics. In the past century, Benjamin Lee Whorf (1897–1941) uniquely foreshadowed this present trend as he explored consciousness through his studies of the interrelationship of language, culture, and mind with unprecedented reliance on multicultural and multidisciplinary research. This essay is focused on Benjamin Lee Whorf’s (1897–1941) last published work, ‘Language, Mind, and Reality’ (1942), in which he presents his final comprehensive thoughts on linguistic relativity. In light of many current studies of language, mind, and consciousness, linguistic relativity is presently enjoying resurgence. As a consequence, Whorf’s work is not only significant in the history of linguistics; but it is also relevant to contemporary scholarship in consciousness studies.
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