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Through the language glass : why the world looks different in other languages

By Guy Deutscher , Dr

Book information

Publisher
Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co
Year
2010
ISBN
9780805081954, 080508195X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2259752 bytes)
Edition
1st ed
Pages
304 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 c
Time added
2013-01-24 20:00:00

Description

A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how--and whether--culture shapes language and language, culture. How languages deal with color is given particular emphasis. Language, culture, and thought -- Naming the rainbow -- A long-wave herring -- The rude populations inhabiting foreign lands -- Those who said our things before us -- Plato and the Macedonian swineherd -- Crying Whorf -- Where the sun doesn't rise in the East -- Sex and syntax -- Russian blues -- Forgive us our ignorances

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