Ethnosyntax : explorations in grammar and culture / edited by N.J. Enfield.
"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. Contributo...
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| Format: | Book |
| 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: | Contributor biographical information |
| 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."--Publisher description. |
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| Item Description: | Series statement on jacket. "A number of contributors presented earlier versions of their chapters at a workshop on 11 July 1998, as part of the Australian Linguistic Institute, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane" - Acknowledgements. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 325 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0199249067 9780199249060 0199266506 9780199266500 |