Through the language glass : why the world looks different in other languages / Guy Deutscher.
Through the language glass : why the world looks different in other languages / Guy Deutscher.
Through the language glass : why the world looks different in other languages / Guy Deutscher.
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Publisher
New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2010.
Date
2010.
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N410/134
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Language
English
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Physical content
304 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Contents
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 -- Fo...
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Publisher
New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2010.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
2010.
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Summary
A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how--and whether--culture shapes language and language, culture.
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Through the language glass : why the world looks different in other languages / Guy Deutscher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N410/134
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74VKmWODEJ6d
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ISBN
080508195X
9780805081954 :
DDC
410
MMS ID
991020625369702626
