The language hoax : why the world looks the same in any language / / John H. McWhorter
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| Autore: |
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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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (203 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.44 |
| Soggetto topico: | Language and culture |
| Sapir-Whorf hypothesis | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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; 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 | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A provocative argument against the idea that we view the world through the lens of the language we speak. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The language hoax |
| ISBN: | 0-19-936160-6 |
| 0-19-936159-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910465678003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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