{"title":"Guy Deutscher","description":"Guy Deutscher is the author of The Unfolding of Language. Formerly a fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and of the Department of Ancient Near Eastern Languages at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, he is an honorary research fellow at the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures at the University of Manchester. He lives in Oxford, England.","products":[{"product_id":"through-the-language-glass-why-the-world-looks-different-in-other-languages-paperback","title":"Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editor's Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2010\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA\u003ci\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2010\u003cbr\u003eA\u003ci\u003e Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2010\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An informative, pleasurable read... A gifted writer, Deutscher picks his way nimbly past overblown arguments to a sensible compromise.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Homer to Darwin, from Yale to the Amazon, and through a strange and dazzling history of the color blue, the leading linguist argues that our mother tongues do indeed shape our experiences of the world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe debate is ages old: Where does language come from? Is it an artifact of our culture or written in our very DNA? In recent years, the leading linguists have seemingly settled the issue: all languages are fundamentally the same and the particular language we speak does not shape our thinking in any significant way. Guy Deutscher says they're wrong. Audacious, delightful, and provocative, \u003ci\u003eThrough the Language Glass\u003c\/i\u003e is destined to become a classic of intellectual discovery.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376106668255,"sku":"9780312610494","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/DGDv_Y_VxC9780312610494.webp?v=1789214207"},{"product_id":"the-unfolding-of-language-an-evolutionary-tour-of-mankinds-greatest-invention-paperback","title":"The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusanne K. Langer Award Winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed One of A.S. Byatt's Favorite Books of the Year in \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A lively and thought-provoking exploration of why language change appears to be haphazard yet is fundamentally orderly. Exciting, witty, and a masterpiece of contemporary scholarship.\"--Elizabeth Closs Traugott, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics and English, Stanford University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlending the spirit of \u003ci\u003eEats, Shoots \u0026amp; Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e with the science of \u003ci\u003eThe Language Instinct\u003c\/i\u003e, an original inquiry into the development of that most essential\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eand mysterious\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eof human creations: language.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLanguage is mankind's greatest invention-except, of course, that it was never invented.\" So begins linguist Guy Deutscher's enthralling investigation into the genesis and evolution of language. If we started off with rudimentary utterances on the level of \"man throw spear,\" how did we end up with sophisticated grammars, enormous vocabularies, and intricately nuanced degrees of meaning? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on recent groundbreaking discoveries in modern linguistics, Deutscher exposes the elusive forces of creation at work in human communication, giving us fresh insight into how language emerges, evolves, and decays. He traces the evolution of linguistic complexity from an early \"Me Tarzan\" stage to such elaborate single-word constructions as the Turkish \u003ci\u003esehirlilestiremediklerimizdensiniz\u003c\/i\u003e (\"you are one of those whom we couldn't turn into a town dweller\"). Arguing that destruction and creation in language are intimately entwined, Deutscher shows how these processes are continuously in operation, generating new words, new structures, and new meanings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs entertaining as it is erudite, \u003ci\u003eThe Unfolding of Language\u003c\/i\u003e moves nimbly from ancient Babylonian to American idiom, from the central role of metaphor to the staggering triumph of design that is the Semitic verb, to tell the dramatic story and explain the genius behind a uniquely human faculty.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376146546911,"sku":"9780805080124","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/oqbUED0prW9780805080124.webp?v=1789214307"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/guy-deutscher.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}