{"product_id":"darwinism-and-the-linguistic-image-9780801872440","title":"Darwinism and the Linguistic Image","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlter examines how comparative philology provided a genealogical model of language that Darwin, as well as other scientists and language scholars, used to construct rhetorical parallels with the common-descent theory of evolution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe emphasis throughout on how analogies can influence belief is important and persuasive. All told, Alter has provided a rich and rewarding account of the often subtle connections that bound the nineteenth-century sciences of language and life. -- Gregory Radick British Journal of the History of Science","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405198664023,"sku":"9780801872440","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801872440.jpg?v=1730489068","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/darwinism-and-the-linguistic-image-9780801872440","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}