Through the Language Glass

By - Deutscher Guy

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Picador, New York, 2011

ISBN 10 - 0312610491

ISBN 13 - 9780312610494

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Comparative linguistics Historical linguistics

Shelf No - 21

Call Number - 410 DEU

Physical Description - 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Notes - Includes index

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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 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.

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