Description |
304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Summary |
A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how--and whether--culture shapes language and language, culture. |
Subject |
Comparative linguistics.
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Historical linguistics.
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Language and languages in literature.
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ISBN |
9780805081954 |
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080508195X |
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