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Author Wierzbicka, Anna.

Title English : meaning and culture / Anna Wierzbicka
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 352 pages)
Contents Meaning, History and Culture -- English Words: From Philosophy to Everyday Discourse -- Anglo Culture Reflected in English Grammar
Summary This book argues that rather than denying the existence and continued relevance of the cultural 'baggage' embedded in English ('Anglo' English), it is important to explore the contents of that baggage - important for practical, as well as intellectual, reasons
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-339) and index
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Subject English language -- Semantics.
English language -- Foreign countries.
Language and languages -- Philosophy.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Semantics.
Civilization
English language -- Foreign countries
English language -- Semantics
Language and languages -- Philosophy
Semantik
Weltsprache
Sprachphilosophie
Zivilisation
Kultur
Wortschatz
Grammatik
Engels.
Taalverandering.
Historische semantiek.
Taalcultuur.
Culturele identiteit.
Anglais (Langue)
Sémantique.
Histoire.
Philosophie.
Civilisation.
Culture anglaise.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Civilization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85056619
English-speaking countries -- Civilization
Subject English-speaking countries
Great Britain
Großbritannien
Pays anglophones.
Grande-Bretagne.
Englisch.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780198038979
0198038976
0195174747
0195174755
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9780199788514
0199788510
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