Benjamin Lee Whorf Quotes:
Life: April 24, 1897 - July 26, 1941
Birthday: April 24
Death: July 26
The very natural tendency to use terms derived from traditional grammar like verb, noun, adjective, passive voice, in describing languages outside of Indo-European is fraught with grave possibilities of misunderstanding.
source: Benjamin Lee Whorf, John B. Carroll, Stephen C. Levinson, Penny Lee (2012). “Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf”, p.113, MIT Press
topic: Passive Voice, Nouns, Adjectives
