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Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780307473806ISBN-10:307473805UPC:9780307473806Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Linguistics, Cognitive Psychology & CognitionBook Topic:SociolinguisticsSize:8.02 x 5.24 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.6107Product ID:SCKTW8T9QR
Language: The Cultural Tool
"The most important--and provocative--anthropological fieldwork ever undertaken." --Tom Wolfe For years, the prevailing opinion among academics has been that language is embedded in our genes, existing as an innate and instinctual part of us. In this bold and provocative study, linguist Daniel Everett argues that, like other tools, language was invented by humans and can be reinvented or lost. He...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780307473806ISBN-10:307473805UPC:9780307473806Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Linguistics, Cognitive Psychology & CognitionBook Topic:SociolinguisticsSize:8.02 x 5.24 x 0.77 inchesWeight:0.6107Product ID:SCKTW8T9QR
Daniel L. Everett is dean of arts and sciences at Bentley University. He has held appointments in linguistics and/or anthropology at the University of Campinas, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Manchester, and Illinois State University.
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