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John McWhorter: The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language

New York: Oxford University Press (USA), 2014, (ISBN: 978-0199361588) 182 pp. $19.95

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Further Reading

  • Deutscher, G. 2010. Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages. New York, NY, US: Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company.

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  • Gordon, P. 2004. Numerical Cognition Without Words: Evidence from Amazonia. Science, 306(5695), 496–499.

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  • Pinker, S. 2007. The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window Into Human Nature. New York, NY, US: Viking.

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    Margery Lucas

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Lucas, M. John McWhorter: The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language. Soc 52, 292–294 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-015-9901-7

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