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

by Guy Deutscher

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312610491
• ISBN13: 9780312610494
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Picador USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"