Language : the cultural tool - Everett, Daniel Leonard (New York : Vintage Books, 2012)
-- The gift of Prometheus -- Problems. Language as a social tool ; From fire to communication ; Crossing the communication threshold ; Does Plato have a problem? -- Solutions. Universals and faculties ; How to build a language ; The platforms for language -- Applications. Aristotle's answer : interaction and the construction of cultural sighs ; Language the tool -- Variations. Language, culture, and thinking ; You drink. You drive. You go to jail. Cultural effects on grammar ; Welcome to the Freak Show -- Grammars of happiness -- Appendix. Extract from Plato's "Meno."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Language and culture; Communication; Sociolinguistics