| Descript |
304 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. |
| 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. |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-292) and index. |
| 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. |
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Language and culture.
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Comparative linguistics.
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Historical linguistics.
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Language and languages in literature.
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Language and color.
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Språkvetenskap
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Språkhistoria
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Språksociologi
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| ISBN |
9780312610494 |
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0312610491 |
| Class. |
410
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F:oa
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F.00
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