- Published: 4 August 2016
- ISBN: 9781446494905
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 320
Through the Language Glass
Why The World Looks Different In Other Languages
- Published: 4 August 2016
- ISBN: 9781446494905
- Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 320
A delight to read
Spectator
A sceptical reappraisal of the popular, and often misunderstood, notion that language influences thought
Economist
Brilliant [and] beautifully written
Financial Times
Fabulously interesting ... a remarkably rich, provocative and intelligent work of pop science
Sunday Times
Fascinating
Alex Bellos, author of Alex's Adventures in Numberland
Jaw-droppingly wonderful ... A marvellous and surprising book which left me breathless and dizzy with delight. The ironic, playful tone at the beginning gradates into something serious that is never pompous, intellectually and historically complex and yet always pellucidly laid out. Plus I learned the word plaidoyer which I shall do my utmost to use every day
Stephen Fry
Playful and provocative ... Guy Deutscher is that rare beast, an academic who talks good sense about linguistics
The Observer
So robustly researched and wonderfully told that it is hard to put down
New Scientist
The book that I've found myself telling other people about most has been Through The Language Glass, Guy Deutscher's gripping pop-science book about linguistics and neuropsychology, describing how language shapes our perception of reality
Spectator