Person
Guy Deutscher
Linguist and writer on how language shapes thought, color, and the habits of attention cultures train into perception.
Why this matters
Deutscher makes interpretation concrete—how categories in language become categories in judgment.
Works2 sources
book
The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's
Deutscher, Guy. The Unfolding of Language: An Evolutionary Tour of Mankind's Greatest Invention. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2005.
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book
Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other
Deutscher, Guy. Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2010.
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