Semantics, Culture, and Cognition

Semantics, Culture, and Cognition
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 496
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ISBN-10 : 9780195073263
ISBN-13 : 0195073266
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Download or read book Semantics, Culture, and Cognition 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. 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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