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

Paperback • 2011 • English

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

By Guy Deutscher

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About the book

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. Fr...Show more

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ISBN

9780312610494

Publisher

Picador USA

Published year

2011

Language

English

Original title

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

Format

Paperback

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