01749cam a2200313 i 4500 2357440355 TxAuBib 20230919120000.0 210405s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021010579 9780262046619 hardcover 026204661X hardcover (OCoLC)1248599553 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO OCLCF BDX YDX UKMGB IND OCLCO IMD YDX GSU LML IL4J6 NZAUC NRJ TxAuBib rda Enfield, N. J., 1966-, author. Language vs. reality [BOOK] : why language is good for lawyers and bad for scientists / N. J. Enfield. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022] ix, 298 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 234-292) and index. Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Mapped by language -- Coordinating around reality -- Schelling's game -- Language and nature -- Nudged by language -- Priming and overshadowing -- Linguistic relativity -- Communicative need -- Frmaing and inversion -- Made by language -- Russell's Conjugationand Wittgenstein's Ruler -- Stories and what they do to us -- Social glue -- Sense making -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. "Argues that the primary function of language is not to describe the physical world but to manage the social one. Aimed at a general readership"-- Provided by publisher. 20230919. Communication Social aspects. Cognition. Psycholinguistics.