The Language Hoax
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The Language Hoax
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Author : John H. McWhorter
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2014
The Language Hoax written by John H. McWhorter and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Challenges the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, which claims that the language people speak shapes the way they perceive the world, arguing against the use of language as a lens through which to better understand human nature.
The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax And Other Irreverent Essays On The Study Of Language
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Author : Geoffrey K. Pullum
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1991-07-09
The Great Eskimo Vocabulary Hoax And Other Irreverent Essays On The Study Of Language written by Geoffrey K. Pullum and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-07-09 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Contains a collection of twenty-three essays originally appearing in the journal "Natural Language and Linguistic Theory."
What Language Is
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Author : John McWhorter
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2013-02-12
What Language Is written by John McWhorter and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-12 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
New York Times bestselling author and renowned linguist, John McWhorter, explores the complicated and fascinating world of languages. From Standard English to Black English; obscure tongues only spoken by a few thousand people in the world to the big ones like Mandarin - What Language Is celebrates the history and curiosities of languages around the world and smashes our assumptions about "correct" grammar. An eye-opening tour for all language lovers, What Language Is offers a fascinating new perspective on the way humans communicate. From vanishing languages spoken by a few hundred people to major tongues like Chinese, with copious revelations about the hodgepodge nature of English, John McWhorter shows readers how to see and hear languages as a linguist does. Packed with Big Ideas about language alongside wonderful trivia, What Language Is explains how languages across the globe (the Queen's English and Surinam creoles alike) originate, evolve, multiply, and divide. Raising provocative questions about what qualifies as a language (so-called slang does have structured grammar), McWhorter also takes readers on a marvelous journey through time and place-from Persian to the languages of Sri Lanka- to deliver a feast of facts about the wonders of human linguistic expression.
Words On The Move
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Author : John McWhorter
language : en
Publisher: Picador
Release Date : 2017-09-12
Words On The Move written by John McWhorter and has been published by Picador this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-12 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Language is always changing, but the way English is spoken today rubs many of us the wrong way. Whether it’s the use of literally to mean “figuratively,” or the way young people use LOL or business jargon like What’s the ask?—it often seems as if the language is deteriorating before our eyes. But the truth is different and a lot less scary. Drawing examples from everyday life and employing a generous helping of humor, John McWhorter shows that these shifts are common to all languages, and that we should embrace these changes, not condemn them. He opens our eyes to the surprising backstories to words and expressions we use every day. Did you know that silly once meant “blessed”? Or that ought was the original past tense of owe? Or that the suffix -ly in adverbs is actually a remnant of the word like? In Words on the Move, McWhorter encourages us to marvel at the dynamism and resilience of the English language, and his book offers a delightful journey where we see that words are ever on the move and our lives are all the richer for it.
Through The Language Glass
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Author : Guy Deutscher
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2016-08-04
Through The Language Glass written by Guy Deutscher and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-04 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
"Guy Deutscher is that rare beast, an academic who talks good sense about linguistics... he argues in a playful and provocative way, that our mother tongue does indeed affect how we think and, just as important, how we perceive the world." Observer *Does language reflect the culture of a society? *Is our mother-tongue a lens through which we perceive the world? *Can different languages lead their speakers to different thoughts? In Through the Language Glass, acclaimed author Guy Deutscher will convince you that, contrary to the fashionable academic consensus of today, the answer to all these questions is - yes. A delightful amalgam of cultural history and popular science, this book explores some of the most fascinating and controversial questions about language, culture and the human mind.
Beyond The Hoax
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Author : Alan Sokal
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2010-02-11
Beyond The Hoax written by Alan Sokal and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-02-11 with Science categories.
In 1996, Alan Sokal, a Professor of Physics at New York University, wrote a paper for the cultural-studies journal Social Text, entitled 'Transgressing the Boundaries: Towards a transformative hermeneutics of quantum gravity'. It was reviewed, accepted and published. Sokal immediately confessed that the whole article was a hoax - a cunningly worded paper designed to expose and parody the style of extreme postmodernist criticism of science. The story became front-page news around the world and triggered fierce and wide-ranging controversy. Sokal is one of the most powerful voices in the continuing debate about the status of evidence-based knowledge. In Beyond the Hoax he turns his attention to a new set of targets - pseudo-science, religion, and misinformation in public life. 'Whether my targets are the postmodernists of the left, the fundamentalists of the right, or the muddle-headed of all political and apolitical stripes, the bottom line is that clear thinking, combined with a respect for evidence, are of the utmost importance to the survival of the human race in the twenty-first century.' The book also includes a hugely illuminating annotated text of the Hoax itself, and a reflection on the furore it provoked.
Spreading The Word
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Author : John H. McWhorter
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 2000
Spreading The Word written by John H. McWhorter and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Education categories.
In Spreading the Word, linguist John McWhorter proves that nonstandard dialects are not bastardizations of Standard English, but alternate variations upon the basic plan of English, of which the Standard is but one.
How Dead Languages Work
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Author : Coulter H. George
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2020-04-05
How Dead Languages Work written by Coulter H. George and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
What could Greek poets or Roman historians say in their own language that would be lost in translation? After all, different languages have different personalities, and this is especially clear with languages of the ancient and medieval world. This volume celebrates six such languages - Ancient Greek, Latin, Old English, Sanskrit, Old Irish, and Biblical Hebrew - by first introducing readers to their most distinctive features, then showing how these linguistic traits play out in short excerpts from actual ancient texts. It explores, for instance, how Homer's Greek shows signs of oral composition, how Horace achieves striking poetic effects through interlaced word order in his Latin, and how the poet of Beowulf attains remarkable intensity of expression through the resources of Old English. But these are languages that have shared connections as well. Readers will see how the Sanskrit of the Rig Veda uses words that come from roots found also in English, how turns of phrase characteristic of the Hebrew Bible found their way into English, and that even as unusual a language as Old Irish still builds on common Indo-European linguistic patterns. Very few people have the opportunity to learn these languages, and they can often seem mysterious and inaccessible: drawing on a lucid and engaging writing style and with the aid of clear English translations throughout, this book aims to give all readers, whether scholars, students, or interested novices, an aesthetic appreciation of just how rich and varied they are.
The Sokal Hoax
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Author : Alan D. Sokal
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2000-01-01
The Sokal Hoax written by Alan D. Sokal and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with Science categories.
Med udgangspunkt i fysikeren Alan D. Sokals videnskabelige nonsens-artikel i det amerikanske tidsskrift Social text (Spring/Summer 1996) er her samlet et udvalg af artikler fra aviser og tidsskrifter.
Serendipities
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Author : Umberto Eco
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2015-09-24
Serendipities written by Umberto Eco and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-24 with Philosophy categories.
Serendipities is an iconoclastic, dazzlingly erudite and witty demonstration, by one of the world's most brilliant thinkers, of how myths and lunacies can produce historical developments of no small significance. In Eco's words, 'even errors can produce interesting side effects'. Eco's book shows how: -- believers in a flat earth helped Columbus accidentally discover America -- the medieval myth of Prester John, the Christian king in Asia, assisted the European drive eastward -- the myth of the Rosicrucians affected the Masons, leading in turn to the widespread belief in a Jewish masonic plot to dominate the world and other forms of paranoid anti-Semitism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries