A myriad of tongues : how languages reveal differences in how we think / Caleb Everett.

Author/creator Everett, Caleb author.
Format Book
PublicationCambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2023.
Copyright Date©2023
Description275 pages ; 22 cm
Subjects

Contents Your future is behind you -- Turn to your west -- Who's your brother? -- The sky is grue -- Dessert ice -- Seeing speech -- The nasal start to "nose" -- Big into what?
Abstract "A guide to how languages around the world differ from one another far more than we realize and point to fundamental differences in how people conceive of everything from time to color to smell"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 247-266) and index.
LCCN 2022059014
ISBN9780674976580 hardcover
ISBN0674976584 hardcover

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks P35 .E898 2023 ✔ Available Place Hold