Through the language glass
Subtitle: why the world looks different in other languages
By: Guy Deutscher.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Metropolitan Books / Henry Holt and Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780805081954
Subjects: Comparative linguistics; Historical linguistics; Language and languages in literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Naming the rainbow; title: A long-wave herring; title: The rude populations inhabiting foreign lands; title: Those who said our things before us; title: Plato and the Macedonian swineherd; title: Crying whorf; title: When the Sun doesn't rise in the east; title: Sex and syntax; title: Russian blues; title: Forgive us our ignorances.