Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (vii, 250 pages)
ISBN:
9780300245141
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0300245149
Inhalt:
In a world that has English as its global language and rapidly advancing translation technology, it's easy to assume that the need to use more than one language will diminish-but Marek Kohn argues that plural language use is more important than ever. In a divided world, it helps us to understand ourselves and others better, to live together better, and to make the most of our various cultures. Kohn, whom the Guardian has called "one of the best science writers we have," brings together perspectives from psychology, evolutionary thought, politics, literature, and everyday experience. He explores how people acquire languages; how they lose them; how they can regain them; how different languages may affect people's perceptions, their senses of self, and their relationships with each other; and how to resolve the fundamental contradiction of languages, that they exist as much to prevent communication as to make it happen
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Other words are possible -- Babel: the conspiracy theory -- The rising din -- It must still be in there somewhere -- Two languages in one head -- Speakers in search of an endpoint -- Being somebody else -- One nation, one language -- Possible words.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780300231083
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe KOHN, MAREK FOUR WORDS FOR FRIEND [Place of publication not identified], YALE University Press, 2019 ISBN 0300231083
Sprache:
Englisch
