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Through the language glass : why the world looks different in other languages / Guy Deutscher.

By: Publication details: New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co., c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: 304 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780805081954
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 410 22
  • 417 22
LOC classification:
  • P140 .D475 2010
Contents:
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.
Summary: A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how--and whether--culture shapes language and language, culture.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks P140 .D475 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001146694

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.

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