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Whorfianism in Colonial Encounters from Melville to Miéville
- Mosaic: a journal for the interdisciplinary study of literature
- Mosaic, an interdisciplinary critical journal
- Volume 47, Number 3, September 2014
- pp. 19-34
- 10.1353/mos.2014.0026
- Article
- Additional Information
Abstract
In linguistics, Whorfianism is a name given to the idea that language determines thought. This essay analyzes three novels (Herman Melville’s Typee, Juan José Saer’s The Witness, and China Miéville’s Embassytown) to examine how Whorfianism influences the description of “exotic” languages and cultures in accounts of colonial encounters.
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