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Four Words for Friend - The Rewards of Using More than One Language in a Divided World - Softcover

Kohn, Marek

 
9780300251517: Four Words for Friend - The Rewards of Using More than One Language in a Divided World
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0300251513 ISBN 13: 9780300251517
Verlag: Yale University Press, 2020

Inhaltsangabe

A compelling argument about the importance of using more than one language in today&;s world

In a world that has English as its global language and rapidly advancing translation technology, it&;s easy to assume that the need to use more than one language will diminish&;but Marek Kohn argues that plural language use is more important than ever. In a divided world, it helps us to understand ourselves and others better, to live together better, and to make the most of our various cultures.
 
Kohn, whom the Guardian has called &;one of the best science writers we have,&; brings together perspectives from psychology, evolutionary thought, politics, literature, and everyday experience. He explores how people acquire languages; how they lose them; how they can regain them; how different languages may affect people&;s perceptions, their senses of self, and their relationships with each other; and how to resolve the fundamental contradiction of languages, that they exist as much to prevent communication as to make it happen.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Marek Kohn is the author of The Race Gallery, As We Know It, A Reason for Everything, and Trust.

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Verlag
Yale University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2020
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0300251513
ISBN 13 
9780300251517
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
264
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