from the title alone you know you’re about to embark on a heady adventure, don’t you? i’m actually not going to talk so much about this one because i plan on making a meatier post on language that references this book as well as another, seeing red by nicholas humphrey.
overall its a decent enough read if you have any interest in linguistics and have ever wondered if your mother tongue has an affect on the way you think. not that anyone can say with definitive proof either way but mr. deutscher makes some compelling arguments. many examples he uses come from native aboriginal languages of australia so it was kind of nice to be getting a glimpse into that while living here.
anyway, as i said, more on this one later.
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