Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
Book by Guy Deutscher
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"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."... Google Books
Originally published: 2010
Author: Guy Deutscher
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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 ...
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The ancient Greeks did not have words for all the colors, and it was evolution--cultural evolution--that gradually brought more color words into the Greek ...
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Why does the world look different in different languages?
Why are languages so different from each other?
How does one language differ from another?
A delightful amalgam of cultural history and popular science, this book explores some of the most fascinating and controversial questions about language, ...
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More recent research suggests things aren't quite so simple: The brains of Russian speakers, who use different words for dark and light blue, react differently ...
Jan 23, 2012 · The metaphor of language as glass explains vividly why the world looks different in other languages. For Deutscher, who holds a constructionist ...
"There are four tongues worthy of the world's use," says the Talmud: "Greek for song, Latin for war, Syriac for lamentation, and Hebrew for ordinary speech.
Nov 8, 2011 · An exuberant book, rich in anecdote, instance and oddity, about the curious interactions between language and perception.
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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 ...
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