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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Wierzbicka, Anna. English. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 (DLC) 2005047789 (OCoLC)60188373 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Anna Wierzbicka |
ISBN: | 9780198038979 0198038976 0195174747 0195174755 9780195174748 9780195174755 9780199788514 0199788510 1429420936 9781429420938 |
OCLC Number: | 77515527 |
Reproduction Notes: | Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 352 pages) |
Details: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
Contents: | Meaning, History and Culture -- English Words: From Philosophy to Everyday Discourse -- Anglo Culture Reflected in English Grammar. |
Responsibility: | Anna Wierzbicka. |
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A great book, one which must be applauded. The strength of the book is to propose a kind of linguistics which takes into account the various, subtle, rich, and extremely interesting interactions between language and cultural scripts. Given that books like this are rare, the author deserves countless words of praise. * Alessandro Capone, Studies in Language * This is a striking contribution to the history of English, and the history of ideas * Jonathan Hope, TLS * ...this is a great book, one which must be applauded. The strength of the book is to propose a kind of linguistics which takes into account the various, subtle, rich, and extremely interesting interactions between language and cultural scripts. Given that books like this are rare, the author deserves countless words of praise. * Studies in Language * Read more...


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