Linguistic relativity
Subtitle: evidence across languages and cognitive domains
By: Caleb Everett
Series: Applications of cognitive linguistics -- volume 25
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton; Walter de Gruyter Inc.
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Berlin; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9783110307801; 9783110308143
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Psycholinguistics; Bilingualism; Psychological aspects; Cognition; Cognitive grammar; Thought and thinking; Anthropological linguistics
Description: This book introduces the reader to the current findings on linguistic relativity, and in so doing helps to answer one of the most vexing questions in the cognitive and social sciences: Does the language you speak affect how you think?
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-294) and index.