Experience, evidence, and sense
Wierzbicka, Anna.
Experience, evidence, and sense the hidden cultural legacy of English / [electronic resource] : Anna Wierzbicka. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010. - 1 online resource (x, 460 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this volume, Anna Wierzbicka demonstrates that three uniquely English words - evidence, experience, and sense - are linchpins. Using a rigorous plain language approach to meaning analysis she unpackages the dense cultural meanings of these key words disentangles their multiple meanings, and traces their origins.
9780199867653 (ebook) : No price
English language--Semantics.
English language--Social aspects.
Language and languages--Philosophy.
PE1585
420.143
Experience, evidence, and sense the hidden cultural legacy of English / [electronic resource] : Anna Wierzbicka. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010. - 1 online resource (x, 460 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this volume, Anna Wierzbicka demonstrates that three uniquely English words - evidence, experience, and sense - are linchpins. Using a rigorous plain language approach to meaning analysis she unpackages the dense cultural meanings of these key words disentangles their multiple meanings, and traces their origins.
9780199867653 (ebook) : No price
English language--Semantics.
English language--Social aspects.
Language and languages--Philosophy.
PE1585
420.143