Experience, evidence, and sense the hidden cultural legacy of English /

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In this volume, Anna Wierzbicka demonstrates that three uniquely English words - evidence, experience, and sense - are linchpins. Using a rigorous plain language approach to meaning analysis she unpackages the dense cultural meanings of these key words disentangles their multiple meanings, and trace...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Wierzbicka, Anna
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010.
Zusammenfassung:
In this volume, Anna Wierzbicka demonstrates that three uniquely English words - evidence, experience, and sense - are linchpins. Using a rigorous plain language approach to meaning analysis she unpackages the dense cultural meanings of these key words disentangles their multiple meanings, and traces their origins.
Umfang:
1 online resource (x, 460 p.)
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780199867653 (ebook) :
0199867658 (ebook) :
Schlagworte:
English language > Semantics.
English language > Social aspects.
Language and languages > Philosophy.
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