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Words and Meanings

By Cliff Goddard

Words and Meanings

By Cliff Goddard

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In a series of cross-cultural investigations of word meaning, Cliff Goddard and Anna Wierzbicka examine key expressions from different domains of the lexicon - concrete, abstract, physical, sensory, emotional, and social. They focus on complex and culturally important words in a range of languages that includes English, Russian, Polish, French, Warlpiri, and Malay. Some are basic like men, women, and children or abstract nouns like trauma and violence; others describe qualities such as hot, hard, and rough, emotions like happiness and sadness, or feelings like pain. They ground their discussions in real examples from different cultures and draw on work ranging from Leibniz, Locke, and Bentham, to popular works such as autobiographies and memoirs, and the Dalai Lama on happiness.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
324
Release Date:
2014-01-28
Publication Date:
2013-11-28
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0199668434
ISBN13:
9780199668434
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
652 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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