Through the language glass : how words colour your world
by
Deutscher, Guy, 1969-
Title
:
Through the language glass : how words colour your world
Author
:
Deutscher, Guy, 1969-
ISBN
:
9780434016907
Personal Author
:
Deutscher, Guy, 1969-
Publication Information
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London : William Heinemann, 2010.
Physical Description
:
309 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Contents
:
Naming the rainbow -- A long-wave herring -- The rude populations inhabiting foreign lands -- Those who said our things before us -- Plato and the Macedonian swineherd -- Crying whorf -- When the Sun doesn't rise in the east -- Sex and syntax -- Russian blues -- Forgive us our ignorances.
Abstract
:
Guy Deutscher argues that, contrary to the fashionable academic consensus of today, language does relate to culture and thought, does reflect our own culture and creates a lens through which we see the world.
Subject Term
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Language and culture.
Comparative linguistics.
Historical linguistics.
Language and languages in literature.
Language and color.
Linguistique.
Comparative linguistics. (OCoLC)fst00871358
Historical linguistics. (OCoLC)fst00958134
Language and color. (OCoLC)fst01741972
Language and culture. (OCoLC)fst00992135
Language and languages in literature. (OCoLC)fst00992277
Jämförande språkvetenskap.
Språkhistoria.
Språksociologi.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy | Status |
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| VGBDX | 1:GEN-BOOK | 000114690 | 306.44 DEU | 1 | On-Shelf Student |