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The Cultural Tool

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Author: Everett, Daniel L.
ISBN:978-0-307-37853-8
Publication Date:Mar 2012
Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint:Pantheon
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $27.95
Book Description:

A bold and provocative study that presents language not as an innate component of the brain--as most linguists do--but as an essential tool unique to each culture worldwide.   For years, the prevailing opinion among academics has been that language is embedded in our genes, existing as an innate and instinctual part of us. But linguist Daniel Everett argues that, like other tools, language was invented by humans and can be reinvented or lost. He shows how the evolution...
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Book Details
Pages:368
Detailed Subjects: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics
Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.42 x 9.56 x 1.55 Inches
Book Weight:1.375 Pounds



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