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

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

Guy Deutscher

304 pages first pub 2010 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative slow-paced

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A New York Times Editor's ChoiceAn Economist Best Book of 2010A Financial Times Best Book of 2010A 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...

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