Japanese has a term that covers both green and blue. Russian has separate terms for dark and light blue. Does this mean that Russians perceive these colors differently from Japanese people? Does language control and limit the way we think? This short, opinionated book addresses the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which argues that the language we speak shapes the way we perceive the wo...(展开全部)

Japanese has a term that covers both green and blue. Russian has separate terms for dark and light blue. Does this mean that Russians perceive these colors differently from Japanese people? Does language control and limit the way we think? This short, opinionated book addresses the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which argues that the language we speak shapes the way we perceive the wo...(展开全部)

约翰·H.麦克沃特，美国哥伦比亚大学语言学教授、语言学家，著有《巴别塔的力量：语言的自然史》《我们伟大的私生语言：英语不为人知的故事》等。他的著作经常出现在《纽约时报》《时代周刊》和《纽约客》等媒体上，他曾在TED发表题为《短信是语言杀手吗?开玩笑吧！》的经典演讲，引发了广泛讨论。

约翰·H.麦克沃特，美国哥伦比亚大学语言学教授、语言学家，著有《巴别塔的力量：语言的自然史》《我们伟大的私生语言：英语不为人知的故事》等。他的著作经常出现在《纽约时报》《时代周刊》和《纽约客》等媒体上，他曾在TED发表题为《短信是语言杀手吗?开玩笑吧！》的经典演讲，引发了广泛讨论。

'Guy Deutscher is that rare beast, an academic who talks good sense about linguistics...he argues in a playful and provocative way, that our mother tongue does indeed affect how we think and, just as important, how we perceive the world' - "Observer". Does language reflect the culture of a society? Is our mother-tongue a lens through which we perceive the world? Can different l...(展开全部)

A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how—and whether—culture shapes language and language, culture Linguistics has long shied away from claiming any link between a language and the culture of its speakers: too much simplistic (even bigoted) chatter about the romance of Italian and the goose-stepping orderli...(展开全部)

'Guy Deutscher is that rare beast, an academic who talks good sense about linguistics...he argues in a playful and provocative way, that our mother tongue does indeed affect how we think and, just as important, how we perceive the world' - "Observer". Does language reflect the culture of a society? Is our mother-tongue a lens through which we perceive the world? Can different l...(展开全部)

A masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how—and whether—culture shapes language and language, culture Linguistics has long shied away from claiming any link between a language and the culture of its speakers: too much simplistic (even bigoted) chatter about the romance of Italian and the goose-stepping orderli...(展开全部)

Language is central to our lives, the cultural tool that arguably sets us apart from other species. Some scientists have argued that language is innate, a type of unique human 'instinct' pre-programmed in us from birth. In this book, Vyvyan Evans argues that this received wisdom is, in fact, a myth. Debunking the notion of a language 'instinct', Evans demonstrates that language...(展开全部)

Vyvyan Evans is a member of faculty in the Department of Linguistics and English Language, and the Centre for Research in Cognitive Science, at the University of Sussex. Melanie Green is a member of faculty in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at the University of Sussex.