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Through the language glass : why the world looks different in other languages / Guy Deutscher.
A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how--and whether--culture shapes language and language, culture.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780805081954 :
- ISBN: 080508195X
- Physical Description: 304 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2010.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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| Subject: | Comparative linguistics. Historical linguistics. Language and languages in literature. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Erlanger Branch | 410 D486t 2010 (Text) | 33126016402061 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |