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Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages

Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages - Paperback

by Guy Deutscher
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Availability:In StockContributor:Guy DeutscherPublish date:2011-08-30Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9780312610494ISBN-10:312610491UPC:9780312610494Book Category:Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:LinguisticsBook Topic:Historical & ComparativeSize:9.25 x 6.20 x 1.02 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC4M9K3NHZ

A New York Times Editor's Choice
An Economist Best Book of 2010
A Financial Times Best Book of 2010
A Library Journal Best Book of 2010

The debate is ages old: Where does language come from? Is it an artifact of our culture or written in our very DNA? In recent years, the leading linguists have seemingly settled the issue: all languages are fundamentally the same and the particular language we speak does not shape our thinking in any significant way. Guy Deutscher says they're wrong. From Homer to Darwin, from Yale to the Amazon, and through a strange and dazzling history of the color blue, Deutscher argues that our mother tongues do indeed shape our experiences of the world. Audacious, delightful, and provocative, Through the Language Glass is destined to become a classic of intellectual discovery.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Picador USAISBN-13:9780312610494ISBN-10:312610491UPC:9780312610494Book Category:Language Arts & DisciplinesBook Subcategory:LinguisticsBook Topic:Historical & ComparativeSize:9.25 x 6.20 x 1.02 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC4M9K3NHZ

Guy Deutscher is the author of The Unfolding of Language. Formerly a fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and of the Department of Ancient Near Eastern Languages at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, he is an honorary research fellow at the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures at the University of Manchester. He lives in Oxford, England.


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