Benjamin Lee Whorf: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

John B. Carroll (ed.), Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf (1956), frequently reprinted; Penny Lee, The Whorf Theory Complex: A Critical Reconstruction (1996).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Apr 20, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 22, 2025
Article revised. Jan 16, 2025
Added cross-reference. Sep 05, 2024
Specified that he worked with the Uto-Aztecan language family. Aug 23, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 16, 2024
Invalidated site: Institute for Creation Research - Biography of Benjamin Lee Whorf. Nov 24, 2015
Add new Web site: Institute for Creation Research - Biography of Benjamin Lee Whorf. Oct 30, 2015
Add new Web site: Institute Creation Research - Benjamin Lee Whorf: An Early Supporter of Creationism. May 22, 2015
Added bibliography. Feb 10, 2009
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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