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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190468897ISBN-10:190468890UPC:9780190468897Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Linguistics, Communication Studies, Cognitive Psychology & CognitionSize:6.90 x 4.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCNPP5A35J
The Language Hoax
Japanese has a term that covers both green and blue. Russian has separate terms for dark and light blue. Does this mean that Russians perceive these colors differently from Japanese people? Does language control and limit the way we think?
This short, opinionated book addresses the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which argues that the language we speak shapes the way we perceive the world. Linguist John...
This short, opinionated book addresses the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which argues that the language we speak shapes the way we perceive the world. Linguist John...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190468897ISBN-10:190468890UPC:9780190468897Book Category:Language Arts & Disciplines, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Linguistics, Communication Studies, Cognitive Psychology & CognitionSize:6.90 x 4.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SCNPP5A35J
John McWhorter is Professor of Linguistics at Columbia University and author of many books, including The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language, Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold Story of English, and What Language Is, What It Isn't, and What It Could Be. He also writes on language, as well as race and cultural issues, as Contributing Editor at The New Republic and Columnist at...
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