Myriad of tongues, a: how languages reveal differences in how we think
Auteur :
Everett, Caleb
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674303461
Date de publication :
7 avr. 2026
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Exploring breakthroughs in language and cognition research, Caleb Everett finds that fundamentals of human perception are culturally encoded by the words and sentences we use. The experience of time, space, color, odor, and taste is substantially influenced by language, so that basic interactions with the world vary greatly across peoples.