Saturday, October 16, 2010

Through the Language Glass, by Guy Deutscher

The sub-title is, "Why the world looks different in other languages."   In it, Mr Deutscher discusses linguistics in the context of cultures.

By page 77 it occurred to me that my prior decisions to not study linguistics were well founded.  By page 146 I became convinced that most introductory linguistic texts are rampant with pseudo-science, again confirming the good decision to have avoided the topic this long. 

By the end, page 232, I knew that I deserved a stiff drink but that a coffee might be preferable given how sleepy I was.   And I wasn't looking forward to either the epilogue or the appendix.

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