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2+ YearsPublisher | Picador USA |
ISBN 13 | 9780312610494 |
ISBN 10 | 0312610491 |
Book Subtitle | Why The World Looks Different In Other Languages |
Book Description | A New York Times Editor's Choice An Economist Best Book of 2010 A Financial Times Best Book of 2010 A Library Journal Best Book of 2010 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 |
Language | English |
Author | Guy Deutscher |
Publication Date | 30-Aug-2011 |
Number of Pages | 304 |
Through The Language Glass paperback english - 30-Aug-2011