 We should not have the concept of rate in the temporal sense, since, like velocity, rate introduces a mathematical and linguistic time. Of course we know that all measurements are ratios, but the measurements of intensities made by comparison with the...  Collected Papers on Metalinguistics - Página 7por Benjamin Lee Whorf - 1952 - 52 páginasVisualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Benjamin Lee Whorf - 1950 - 60 páginas
...meaning not velocity but variation. Perhaps all growths and accumulations will be regarded as F's. We should not have the concept of rate in the temporal...simply words for intensity in his language. Likewise, he at first would think that intensity was simply our own word for velocity. At first we should agree,... | |
 | Benjamin Lee Whorf - 1956 - 302 páginas
...measure some intensities, or, rather, some RELATIVE intensities, for the absolute intensity of anuhing will be meaningless. Our old friend acceleration will...simply words for intensity in his language. Likewise, he at first would think that intensity was simply our own word for velocity. At first we should agree,... | |
 | David D. Laitin - 1977 - 296 páginas
...acceleration, we might have "V," standing for variation. After constructing this new reality, Whorf muses: A scientist from another culture that used time and...simply words for intensity in his language. Likewise, he at first would think that intensity was simply our own word for velocity. At first we should agree,... | |
 | Lucy Burke, Tony Crowley, Alan Girvin - 2000 - 532 páginas
...yardstick. A scientist from another culture that used time and velocity would have great difficultv in getting us to understand these concepts. We should...simply words for intensity in his language. Likewise, he at first would think that intensity was simply our own word for velocitv. At first we should agree,... | |
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