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

Deutscher, Guy

Through the language glass why the world looks different in other languages Guy Deutscher - 1st ed - 304, [8] pages illustrations 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [274]-292) and index

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..

A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how--and whether--culture shapes language and language, culture 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

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Comparative linguistics
Historical linguistics
Language and languages in literature

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