Language and Reality in Swift's a Tale of a Tub by Frederick N. Smith (English)
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The noted scholar Irvin Ehrenpreis refers to "the brilliant style which makes A Tale of a Tub the greatest prose satire in English.". The linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf posits a connection between language and reality so intimate that the systemizations in a particular language dictate the reality of the person who speaks that language, forcing on him certain perceptions, denying him others, and effectively channeling his reason.
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