ISBN: 9780521767828

There are more than six thousand human languages, each one unique. For the last five hundred years, people have argued about how important language differences are. This book traces that … More...

There are more than six thousand human languages, each one unique. For the last five hundred years, people have argued about how important language differences are. This book traces that history and shows how language differences have generally been treated either as of no importance or as all-important, depending on broader approaches taken to human life and knowledge. It was only in the twentieth century, in the work of Franz Boas and his students, that an attempt was made to engage seriously with the reality of language specificities. Since the 1950s, this work has been largely presented as yet another claim that language differences are all-important by cognitive scientists and philosophers who believe that such differences are of no importance. This book seeks to correct this misrepresentation and point to the new directions taken by the Boasians, directions now being recovered in the most recent work in psychology and linguistics. New Textbooks>Hardcover>Philosophy>Linguistics>Linguistics, Cambridge University Press Core >2 >T<

2010, ISBN: 9780521767828

Cambridge University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, 256 Seiten, Publiziert: 2010-12-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.12 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4577502, Linguistik, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorie… More...

Cambridge University Press, Gebundene Ausgabe, 256 Seiten, Publiziert: 2010-12-23T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Buch, 1.12 kg, Verkaufsrang: 4577502, Linguistik, Sozialwissenschaft, Kategorien, Bücher, Anthropologie, Fremdsprachige Bücher, Featured Categories, Englische Bücher, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_2301, 7c9a6c79-19ea-4dea-90da-d7d47042d341_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_4901, acc906d0-2585-4921-a56f-3ff277850936_0, Special Features Stores, Cambridge University Press, 2010<

2011, ISBN: 9780521767828

Gebunden, 256 Seiten, 235mm x 157mm x 18mm, Sprache(n): eng Does your language influence your thought and world view? This book is a history of responses to this question since the 1500s.… More...

Gebunden, 256 Seiten, 235mm x 157mm x 18mm, Sprache(n): eng Does your language influence your thought and world view? This book is a history of responses to this question since the 1500s.John Leavitt is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Montréal. Versandkostenfreie Lieferung, [PU: Cambridge University Press]<

2011, ISBN: 0521767822

Gebundene Ausgabe, mit Schutzumschlag 11, [PU:Cambridge University Press]