Name: The Language Hoax
ISBN: 9780199361588

John H. McWhorter

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.

Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language

The Language Hoax

An accessible exposition and dissection of the attractive (to the point of being pop culture at this point) but scientifically questionable (and otherwise problematic) idea that language shapes cognition in comprehensive and profound ways.

The Language Hoax Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language

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