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      Language: The Cultural Tool

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      Fusing adventure, anthropology, linguistics and psychology, and drawing on Everett's pioneering research with the Amazonian Pirahas, this book argues that language is embedded within - and is inseparable from - its specific culture. It presents the controversial idea that lang...

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      Product ID:9781846682681
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Language
      Subtitle:The Cultural Tool
      Authors:Author: Daniel Everett
      Page Count:368
      Subjects:Linguistics, linguistics
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      Fusing adventure, anthropology, linguistics and psychology, and drawing on Everett's pioneering research with the Amazonian Pirahas, this book argues that language is embedded within - and is inseparable from - its specific culture. It presents the controversial idea that language is not an innate component of the brain.
      Like other tools, language was invented, can be reinvented or lost, and shows significant variation across cultures. It''s as essential to survival as fire - and, like fire, is found in all human societies. Language presents the bold and controversial idea that language is not an innate component of the brain, as has been famously argued by Chomsky and Pinker. Rather, it''s a cultural tool which varies much more across different societies than the innateness view suggests.Fusing adventure, anthropology, linguistics and psychology, and drawing on Everett''s pioneering research with the Amazonian Pirahãs, Language argues that language is embedded within - and is inseparable from - its specific culture. This book is like a fire that will generate much light. And much heat.
      Imprint Name:Profile Books Ltd
      Publisher Name:Profile Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2013-03-21

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      Weight260 g
      Dimensions185 × 130 × 25 mm