01725cam a2200325 4500 170818936 TxAuBib 20140905120000.0 110817s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011034829 9780307378538 0307378535 (OCoLC)719428388 TxAuBib Everett, Daniel Leonard. Language : the cultural tool / Daniel L. Everett. 1st ed. New York : Pantheon Books, 2012. 351 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [334]-337) and index. The gift of Prometheus -- Problems. Language as a social tool ; From fire to communication ; Crossing the communication threshold ; Does Plato have a problem? -- Solutions. Universals and faculties ; How to build a language ; The platforms for language -- Applications. Aristotle's answer : interaction and the construction of cultural sighs ; Language the tool -- Variations. Language, culture, and thinking ; You drink. You drive. You go to jail. Cultural effects on grammar ; Welcome to the Freak Show -- Grammars of happiness -- Appendix. Extract from Plato's "Meno.". 20140905. Language and culture. Communication. Sociolinguistics. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1208/2011034829-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1208/2011034829-d.html Publisher description https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1208/2011034829-s.html Sample text TXGOR