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Through the language glass : why the world looks different in other languages / Guy Deutscher. by Deutscher, Guy, 1969- Picador, 2011. Call #: 410 D486t Subjects Color vision -- Anecdotes.   Language and culture.   Comparative linguistics.   Historical linguistics.   Language and languages in literature.   Language and color. ISBN:  9780312610494 (pbk.) Alternate title:  Why the world looks different in other languages Edition:  1st Picador ed. Description:  304 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : col. ill.; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-292) and index. Contents:  Prologue : Language, culture, and thought -- Part I: The language mirror. Naming the rainbow ; A long-wave herring ; The rude populations inhabiting foreign lands ; Those who said our things before us ; Plato and the Macedonian swineherd -- Part II: The language lens. Crying Whorf ; Where the sun doesn't rise in the East ; Sex and syntax ; Russian blues -- Epilogue : Forgive us our ignorances -- Appendix : Color : in the eye of the beholder. Summary:  A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how--and whether--culture shapes language and language, culture. How languages deal with color is given particular emphasis. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Bedford Public Library Adult Nonfiction 410 D486t Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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