The Language Imperative
Subtitle: The Power of Language to Enrich Your Life and Expand Your Mind
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: January 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780738204284
Subjects: Bilingualism & multilingualism; Study & Teaching; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language Arts & Disciplines; Language; General; Sociolinguistics; Political Science-General; Linguistics
First sentence: A culture is the sum of all the things that make up the way a group of people live their lives: how they dress, work, eat, study, raise children, respond to illness.