Experience, evidence, and sense the hidden cultural legacy of English
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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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York
Oxford University Press
2010, c2010
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Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | 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 |
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Physical Description: | x, 460 p. |
ISBN: | 9780199867653 0199867658 |