{"product_id":"through-the-language-glass-book-guy-deutscher-9780805081954","title":"Through the Language Glass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA masterpiece of linguistics scholarship, at once erudite and entertaining, confronts the thorny question of how--and whether--culture shapes language and language, culture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLinguistics 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 orderliness of German has made serious thinkers wary of the entire subject. But now, acclaimed linguist Guy Deutscher has dared to reopen the issue. Can culture influence language--and vice versa? Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? Could our experience of the world depend on whether our language has a word for blue? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChallenging the consensus that the fundaments of language are hard-wired in our genes and thus universal, Deutscher argues that the answer to all these questions is--yes. In thrilling fashion, he takes us from Homer to Darwin, from Yale to the Amazon, from how to name the rainbow to why Russian water--a she--becomes a he once you dip a tea bag into her, demonstrating that language does in fact reflect culture in ways that are anything but trivial. Audacious, delightful, and field-changing, \u003ci\u003eThrough the Language Glass\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic of intellectual discovery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49949965975825,"sku":"CIN080508195XA","price":6.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50031745990929,"sku":"CIN080508195XVG","price":7.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50796224741649,"sku":"GOR006517169","price":18.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50949379162385,"sku":"GOR014140041","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52105373810961,"sku":"CIN080508195XG","price":7.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/080508195X.jpg?v=1751043974","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/through-the-language-glass-book-guy-deutscher-9780805081954","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}