A Myriad of Tongues - How Languages Reveal Differences in How We Think

Exploring breakthroughs in language and cognition research, Caleb Everett finds that fundamentals of human perception are culturally encoded by the words and sentences we use. The experience of time, space, color, odor, and taste is substantially influenced by language, so that basic interactions with the world vary greatly across peoples.

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Caleb Everett

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• Authors: Everett Caleb
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 07.04.2026
• EAN: 9780674303461
• ISBN: 978-0-674-30346-1
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; PSYCHOLOGY / Cognitive Psychology & Cognition, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Cognition & cognitive psychology, Social and cultural anthropology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Cognition and cognitive psychology, Historical and comparative linguistics