Language : the cultural tool /
Everett, Daniel Leonard.
Language : the cultural tool / Daniel L. Everett. - 1st ed. - New York : Pantheon Books, c2012. - 351 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [334]-337) and index.
The gift of Prometheus -- Problems. Language as a social tool ; From fire to communication ; Crossing the communication threshold ; Does Plato have a problem? -- Solutions. Universals and faculties ; How to build a language ; The platforms for language -- Applications. Aristotle's answer : interaction and the construction of cultural sighs ; Language the tool -- Variations. Language, culture, and thinking ; You drink. You drive. You go to jail. Cultural effects on grammar ; Welcome to the Freak Show -- Grammars of happiness -- Appendix. Extract from Plato's "Meno."
9780307378538 0307378535
2011034829
Language and culture.
Communication.
Sociolinguistics.
P35 / .E913 2012
400
Language : the cultural tool / Daniel L. Everett. - 1st ed. - New York : Pantheon Books, c2012. - 351 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [334]-337) and index.
The gift of Prometheus -- Problems. Language as a social tool ; From fire to communication ; Crossing the communication threshold ; Does Plato have a problem? -- Solutions. Universals and faculties ; How to build a language ; The platforms for language -- Applications. Aristotle's answer : interaction and the construction of cultural sighs ; Language the tool -- Variations. Language, culture, and thinking ; You drink. You drive. You go to jail. Cultural effects on grammar ; Welcome to the Freak Show -- Grammars of happiness -- Appendix. Extract from Plato's "Meno."
9780307378538 0307378535
2011034829
Language and culture.
Communication.
Sociolinguistics.
P35 / .E913 2012
400