Semantics, Culture, and Cognition

Download or Read eBook Semantics, Culture, and Cognition PDF written by Anna Wierzbicka and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1992 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.

Author	: Anna Wierzbicka
Publisher	: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages	: 496
Release	: 1992
ISBN-10	: 9780195073263
ISBN-13	: 0195073266
Rating	: 4/5 (63 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis Semantics, Culture, and Cognition by : Anna Wierzbicka

Book excerpt: This study ranges across a wide variety of languages and cultures in an attempt to identify concepts which are truly universal and to explore whether certain words are culture-specific.

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