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
9780312610494
2010001042
Comparative linguistics
Historical linguistics
Language and languages in literature
P140
410 417
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
9780312610494
2010001042
Comparative linguistics
Historical linguistics
Language and languages in literature
P140
410 417