Experience, Evidence, and Sense: The Hidden Cultural Legacy of English

by Anna Wierzbicka

Book Overview

This book is based on two ideas: first, that any language--English no less than any other-represents a universe of meaning, shaped by the history and experience of the men and women who have created it, and second, that in any language certain culture--specific words act as linchpins for whole networks of meanings, and that penetrating the meanings of those key words can therefore open our eyes to an entire cultural universe. In this book Anna Wierzbicka...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195368010
• ISBN13: 9780195368017
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"