Showing posts with label Through The Language Glass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Through The Language Glass. Show all posts

Through The Language Glass

Linguistics is a science that is at best a bit murky; it can become a quagmire, too. The language barriers I mention in the title refer to the barriers put up by linguists on their own understanding of languages. A new book tries to get rid of a few 19th century hold-overs embedded in our minds.