TY - BOOK AU - Everett,Daniel Leonard TI - Language: the cultural tool SN - 9780307473806 AV - P35 .E913 2012 PY - 2012///] CY - New York PB - Vintage Books KW - Language and culture KW - Communication KW - Sociolinguistics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; -- 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." ER -