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Item Details
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THROUGH THE LANGUAGE GLASS
HOW WORDS COLOUR YOUR WORLD |
| By: |
Guy Deutscher |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£20.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
043401690X |
| ISBN 13: |
9780434016907 |
| Publisher: |
CORNERSTONE |
| Pub. date: |
3 June, 2010 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
Generalisations about language and culture are at best amusing and meaningless, but is there anything sensible left to be said about the relation between language, culture and thought? This book explores some of the most fascinating and controversial questions about language, culture and the human mind. |
| Synopsis: |
Generalisations about language and culture are at best amusing and meaningless, but is there anything sensible left to be said about the relation between language, culture and thought? Does language reflect the culture of a society? Is our mother-tongue a lens through which we perceive the world? Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? In "Through the Language Glass", acclaimed author Guy Deutscher will convince you that, contrary to the fashionable academic consensus of today, the answer to all these questions is - yes. On an odyssey that takes us from Homer to Darwin, from scientists to savages, from the corridors of Yale to the rivers of the Amazon, from how to name the rainbow to why Russian water - a 'she' - become a 'he' once you have dipped a tea bag into her, this book explores some of the most fascinating and controversial questions about language, culture and the human mind. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
William Heinemann Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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