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Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
Through the Language Glass Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages Author:Guy Deutscher The New York Times Editor?s ChoiceThe Economist Best Books of 2010Financial Times Best Books of 2010 — Library Journal Best Books of 2010The 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 fund... more »amentally 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.« less
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