Through the language glass - how words can colour your world
This book explores some of the most fascinating and controversial questions about language, culture and the human mind. We travel on an odyssey that takes us from Homer to Darwin, from the corridors of Yale to the rivers of the Amazon, from how to name the rainbow to why Russian water - a 'she' - becomes a 'he' once you have dipped a tea bag into her and discover that our mother-tongue is a lens through which we perceive the world.
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