Through the Language Glass: Why The World Looks Different In Other Languages - Couverture souple

Deutscher, Guy

 
9780099505570: Through the Language Glass: Why The World Looks Different In Other Languages
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ISBN 10 : 0099505576 ISBN 13 : 9780099505570
Editeur : Arrow, 2011

Synopsis

"Guy Deutscher is that rare beast, an academic who talks good sense about linguistics... he argues in a playful and provocative way, that our mother tongue does indeed affect how we think and, just as important, how we perceive the world." Observer

*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. A delightful amalgam of cultural history and popular science, this book explores some of the most fascinating and controversial questions about language, culture and the human mind.

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À propos de l?auteur

Guy Deutscher is the author of The Unfolding of Language: The Evolution of Mankind's Greatest Invention. Formerly a Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge and of the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, he is an honorary Research Fellow at the University of Manchester. He lives in Surrey with his wife and two daughters.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

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. A delightful amalgam of cultural history and popular science, this book explores some of the most fascinating and controversial questions about language, culture and the human mind.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Arrow
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0099505576
ISBN 13 
9780099505570
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780312610494: Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0312610491 ISBN 13 :  9780312610494
Editeur : Picador USA, 2011
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