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Ethnosyntax : Explorations in Grammar and Culture
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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.
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- ISBN-13: 9780199266500
- ISBN-10: 0199266506
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publish Date: May 2004
- Dimensions: 9.15 x 6.27 x 0.69 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.09 pounds
- Page Count: 340
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