Wednesday June 16, 2010
Guy Deutscher: Language alters how we think
Robert McCrum
The Observer
The linguist argues that in our haste to explain language in terms of genetics we've underestimated the power of culture
Guy Deutscher is that rare beast, an academic who talks good sense about linguistics, his chosen field. In his new book, Through the Language Glass (Heinemann), he fearlessly contradicts the fashionable consensus, espoused by the likes of Steven Pinker, that language is wholly a product of nature, that it does not take colour and value from culture and society.
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