Ethnosyntax : explorations in grammar and culture /
Meanings of cultural importance are found not only in words but also in the very grammar of a language. This exciting collection presents eleven original studies of the relationship between grammar, culture, and cognition, with data from languages and cultures from around the world. Contributors dis...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2002.
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| Series: | Oxford linguistics.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Meanings of cultural importance are found not only in words but also in the very grammar of a language. This exciting collection presents eleven original studies of the relationship between grammar, culture, and cognition, with data from languages and cultures from around the world. Contributors discuss a wide variety of grammatical phenomena. This book shows that the study of culture can help to understand how and why languages differ in the ways they do. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 325 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9786610907632 6610907633 9780199249060 0199249067 9780191719363 0191719366 |