Through the language glass : why the world looks different in other languages Edition: 1st ed
A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how--and whether--culture shapes language and language, culture. How languages deal with color is given particular emphasis. Language, culture, and thought -- 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 -- Where the sun doesn't rise in the East -- Sex and syntax -- Russian blues -- Forgive us our ignorances
- Request Code
- ZLIB.IO17611308
- Published
- 2022
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co City: New York
- Pages
- 1
- Language
- English
- Format
- EPUB
- ISBN-13
- 9780805081954
- ISBN-10
- 080508195X