Language : the cultural tool
by
Everett, Daniel Leonard.
Title
:
Language : the cultural tool
Author
:
Everett, Daniel Leonard.
ISBN
:
9781846682674
9781847654151
Personal Author
:
Everett, Daniel Leonard.
Publication Information
:
London : Profile Books, 2012.
Physical Description
:
351 pages ; 24 cm
Contents
:
Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE Problems -- ch. One Language as a Social Tool -- ch. Two From Fire to Communication -- ch. Three Crossing the Communication Threshold -- ch. Four Does Plato Have a Problem? -- pt. TWO Solutions -- ch. Five Universals and Faculties -- ch. Six How to Build a Language -- ch. Seven The Platforms for Language -- pt. THREE Applications -- ch. Eight Aristotle's Answer: Interaction and the Construction of Cultural Signs -- ch. Nine Language the Tool -- pt. FOUR Variations -- ch. Ten Language, Culture, and Thinking -- ch. Eleven You Drink. You Drive. You Go to Jail. Cultural Effects on Grammar -- ch. Twelve Welcome to the Freak Show.
Abstract
:
Like other tools, language was invented, can be reinvented or lost, and shows significant variation across cultures. It's as essential to survival as fire - and, like fire, is found in all human societies. This book presents the bold and controversial idea that language is not an innate component of the brain.
Subject Term
:
Language and culture.
Communication.
Sociolinguistics.
Langage.
Langues.
Linguistique.
Identité culturelle.
Sociolinguistique.
Communication. (OCoLC)fst00869952
Language and culture. (OCoLC)fst00992135
Sociolinguistics. (OCoLC)fst01123847
Sprache. (DE-588)4056449-6
Sprachursprung. (DE-588)4077740-6
Taalgenese. (NL-LeOCL)089653874
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy | Status |
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| VEGA Bordeaux | General Books | 000114694 | XX(8011.3) | 1 | On-Shelf Student |