(Blurb) The debate is ages old: Where does language come from? Is it an artifact of our culture or written in our very DNA?

In recent years, the leading linguists have seemingly settled the issue: all languages are fundamentally the same and the particular language we speak does not shape our thinking in any significant way.

Guy Deutscher says they're wrong.

From Homer to Darwin, from Yale to the Amazon, and through a strange and dazzling history of the color blue, Deutscher argues that our mother tongues do indeed shape our experiences of the world. Audacious, delightful, and provocative, Through the Language Glass is destined to become a classic of intellectual discovery.

 

Author: Guy Deutscher

Theme: Linguistics

Language: English

Publisher: Picador

Year: 2011

Number of pages: 320

ISBN: 9780312610494

Available translations: Italian, Spanish, German, Dutch, Russian

Other works by the author: (1) The Unfolding of Language

Source: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780312610494 

 

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