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McWhorter John H. |
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Titolo |
The language hoax : why the world looks the same in any language / / John H. McWhorter |
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Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-936160-6 |
0-19-936159-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (203 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Language and culture |
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION ; The Language Hoax; Chapter 1: Studies Have Shown; Hitting a Wall after a Long Night; Kind of Blue; Tribe without Paper or Pencils Mysteriously Weak at Portraiture; It Depends on Where You Stand; Mommy, the Park Is Covered with Squirrel! Can I Go Feed Some of It?; Language Is about All of Us; Chapter 2: Having It Both Ways?; Words versus Whorfianism; Rules of the Rain Forest?; Evidential Markers; The Irrelevance of Necessity; Not Those Things? |
"No Word for X": Caveat LectorWho Thinks Otherwise?; Chapter 3: An Interregnum: On Culture; Whorfianism versus Words; There Are Words and There Are Words; What's with Stand-up Comedy?; Culture Shaping Grammar: It Happens; Language and Universals: A Clarification; Moving Along; Chapter 4: Dissing the Chinese; The Normal Language: Beyond English Indeed; A Blooming Mess; Choosing Which Differences Matter; Whorfianism and Thrift; The Dog That Doesn't Bark; When a Study Shows a Negative; Chapter 5: What's the Worldview from English?; As If; Dey In, Dey Out; Try, Try Again; Undercooked? |
Anglerfish Testicles and the FutureWhat's Significant?; Chapter 6: Respect for Humanity; Advocacy or Reportage?; Problem One-Honesty; |
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Are Worldviews Always Noble?; Problem Two-Respect; Through the Microscope; Problem Three-Accuracy; What Is Enlightenment?; The Wonders of Sameness; Then Isn't Language Boring?; What Is Forward?; Notes; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A provocative argument against the idea that we view the world through the lens of the language we speak. |
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