The utility of meaning : what words mean and why
This book argues that the complex, anthropocentric, and often culture-specific meanings of words have been shaped directly by their history of 'utility' for communication in social life, and explores relations between language, communication, culture, and mind. It contains extensive data f...
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- Format:
- Elektronisch E-Book
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- Veröffentlicht:
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
- Zusammenfassung:
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This book argues that the complex, anthropocentric, and often culture-specific meanings of words have been shaped directly by their history of 'utility' for communication in social life, and explores relations between language, communication, culture, and mind. It contains extensive data from the author's fieldwork on language and culture in Laos.
- Umfang:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white)
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- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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- English
- Bibliografie:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Schriftenreihe:
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Oxford linguistics The utility of meaning
- ISBN:
- 0-19-178014-6
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Parallelausgabe: 0-19-870983-8
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