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Through the Language Glass Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages

Paperback • 2011 • English • 7. edition

Through the Language Glass Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages

By Guy Deutscher

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About the book

"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." Observer *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 Deutsche...Show more

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ISBN

9780099505570

Publisher

Arrow Books

Published year

2011

Language

English

Edition

7

Original title

Through the Language Glass Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages

Format

Paperback

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