Eskimo Words for Sea-Ice

Authors

A. Ross Eckler

Abstract

Linguistics professor Geoffrey Pullum demolished the Boas-Whorf claim that there are 200 Eskimo words for snow, in his book The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax. A new version of this myth shows up in Mariana Gosnell's Ice.

Recommended Citation

Eckler, A. Ross (2011) "Eskimo Words for Sea-Ice," Word Ways: Vol. 44 : Iss. 3 , Article 39.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/wordways/vol44/iss3/39