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Through the language glass : how words colour your world

by Guy Deutscher

This study investigates how culture influences language and the ways in which linguistic frameworks shape human perception. It analyses how different languages categorise the world through colour terminology, spatial description, and grammatical gender.

Accession 11906 ISBN 9780434016907 Publisher William Heinemann Ltd
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