Eskimo Words for Sea-Ice
Linguistics professor Geoffrey Pullum demolished the Boas-Whorf claim that there are 200 Eskimo words for snow, in his book The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax. A new version of this myth shows up in Mariana Gosnell's Ice.
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Digital Commons @ Butler University
2011
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| Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol44/iss3/39 https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/context/wordways/article/3077/viewcontent/39EskimoWordsForSeaIce.pdf |
| Summary: | Linguistics professor Geoffrey Pullum demolished the Boas-Whorf claim that there are 200 Eskimo words for snow, in his book The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax. A new version of this myth shows up in Mariana Gosnell's Ice. |
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