Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages - Couverture rigide

Deutscher, Guy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 080508195X ISBN 13 : 9780805081954

Editeur : Metropolitan Books, 2010

Synopsis

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Fascinating' Alex Bellos, Guardian

'Fabulously interesting' Sam Leith, Sunday Times

'So robustly researched and wonderfully told that it is hard to put down' New Scientist

It's a question that has baffled, enraged and fascinated in equal measure
for over a century: does the language you speak affect the way you think? Contrary to the fashionable consensus of today, acclaimed author Guy Deutscher believes that the answer is a resounding yes.On an odyssey that takes us from Homer to Darwin, from scientists to savages, and from how to name the rainbow to why Russian water - a 'she' - become a 'he' once you have dipped a tea bag into her, Through the Language Glass explores some of the most intriguing and controversial questions about language, culture and the human mind.

'Brilliant [and] beautifully written' Financial Times

'Playful and provocative...Guy Deutscher is that rare beast, an academic who talks good sense about linguistics' Observer

'A marvellous and surprising book which left me breathless and dizzy with delight' Stephen Fry

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Metropolitan Books
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 080508195X
• ISBN 13: 9780805081954
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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