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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
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