Through the Language Glass: Why The World Looks Different In Other Languages You're listening to a sample of the Audible audio edition.Something went wrong. As a layman, I started following this white rabbit due to two unrelated and disturbing hints I got long ago: Linguistic determinism states that thought is shaped by language. Es zeigt, wie wir Menschen uns in unseren natürlichen Sprachen verstehen oder - viel zu häufig - missverstehen.

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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. This item cannot be shipped to your selected delivery location.

Steven Pinker is the Harvard College Professor of Psychology at Harvard University.

If you want to know what thinking itself is about, this is the book.

Considère que le langage est une fenêtre pour ce que nous sommes. How the Mind Works (Penguin Press Science)

Stephen Pinker's books is intended to give us a view of human nature that emerges from the study of language.The Language Window - clear, opaque and translucent Il donne à penser.un accès simple et moderne au rapport entre langage et penséeAfter viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote.

This leans very much towards the latter and is not an easy read. My father has been raving about this well-written book on what thinking actually is about.

Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature (Penguin Press Science) Pinker of course is an outstanding writer. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Presents a study of the relationship between language and human nature, explaining how everything from swearing and innuendo to prepositions and baby names reveals facts about key human concepts, emotions, and relationships.

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Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. As the title says, this book tries to discover the nature of human thought using language.

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Je trouve cet ouvrage passionnant. A solution from the language-as-instinct camp is that there is an internal language of thought called “mentalese”. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try again Prime members enjoy fast & free shipping, unlimited streaming of movies and TV shows with Prime Video and many more exclusive benefits.

This seems like a rigorous book on psycholinguistics that general readers will find hard to sustain interest in. And Yes, obviously there is such a thing as thinking one thing and saying another.