Guy Deutscher
Through the Language Glass, Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages
Prologue: Language, Culture, and Thought
LANGUAGE AS A MIRROR
LANGUAGE AS A LENS
PART I: THE LANGUAGE MIRROR
1. Naming the Rainbow
2. A Long-Wave Herring
3. The Rude Populations Inhabiting Foreign Lands
4. Those Who Said Our Things Before Us
5. Plato and the Macedonian Swineherd
PART II: The LANGUAGE LENS
6. Crying Whorf
7. Where the Sun Doesn’t Rise in the East
8. Sex and Syntax
9. Russian Blues
Epilogue: Forgive Us Our Ignorances
APPENDIX
NOTES
1: NAMING THE RAINBOW
2: A LONG-WAVE HERRING
3: THE RUDE POPULATIONS INHABITING FOREIGN LANDS
4: THOSE WHO SAID OUR THINGS BEFORE US
5: PLATO AND THE MACEDONIAN SWINEHERD
6: CRYING WHORF
7: WHERE THE SUN DOESN’T RISE IN THE EAST
8: SEX AND SYNTAX
9: RUSSIAN BLUES
EPILOGUE: FORGIVE US OUR IGNORANCES
APPENDIX: COLOR: IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ILLUSTRATION CREDITS
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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