{"product_id":"through-the-language-glass-why-the-world-looks-different-in-other-languages","title":"Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThrough the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eGuy Deutscher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780805081954\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eMetropolitan Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2010\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e320\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how--and whether--culture shapes language and language, culture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLinguistics has long shied away from claiming any link between a language and the culture of its speakers: too much simplistic (even bigoted) chatter about the romance of Italian and the goose-stepping orderliness of German has made serious thinkers wary of the entire subject. But now, acclaimed linguist Guy Deutscher has dared to reopen the issue. Can culture influence language--and vice versa? Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? Could our experience of the world depend on whether our language has a word for \"blue\"? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChallenging the consensus that the fundaments of language are hard-wired in our genes and thus universal, Deutscher argues that the answer to all these questions is--yes. In thrilling fashion, he takes us from Homer to Darwin, from Yale to the Amazon, from how to name the rainbow to why Russian water--a \"she\"--becomes a \"he\" once you dip a tea bag into her, demonstrating that language does in fact reflect culture in ways that are anything but trivial. Audacious, delightful, and field-changing, \u003ci\u003eThrough the Language Glass\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic of intellectual discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Metropolitan Books","offers":[{"title":"Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages | Guy Deutscher | Hardcover | 9780805081954 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks A 1774407","offer_id":49674929406104,"sku":"1774407","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/61vkO-syfeL.jpg?v=1786561707","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/through-the-language-glass-why-the-world-looks-different-in-other-languages","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}