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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Anna Wierzbicka (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, Australian National University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 22.90cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 15.50cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9780195368017ISBN 10: 0195368010 Pages: 472 Publication Date: 15 July 2010 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"Part I. Introduction 1. Making the Familiar Look Foreign Part II. Experience and Evidence 2. Experience: An English Key Word and Cultural Theme 3. Evidence: Words, Ideas, and Cultural Practices Part III. Sense 4. The Discourse of Sense and the Legacy of ""British Empiricism"" 5. A Sense of Humor, a Sense of Self and Similar Expressions 6. A Strong Sense, a Deep Sense and Similar Expressions 7. Moral Sense 8. Common Sense 9. From Having Sense to Making Sense Part iV. Phraseology, Semantics and Corpus Linguistics 10. Investigating English Phraseology with Two Tools: NSM and Google Notes References Appendix Index"ReviewsFocusing on a handful of English words whose meaning seems obvious to native speakers, and using a brand of semantic analysis accessible to any intelligent lay person, Anna Wierzbicka reveals the empiricist worldview embedded in the English lexicon and shows how mystifyingly foreign English can thus be to foreigners. As an exploration in historical semantics, Wierzbicka's new book deserves a place beside Raymond Williams's Keywords. --J.M. Coetzee, University of Adelaide, Nobel Laureate in Literature Wierzbicka's stunning ability to distinguish fine shades of meaning (and often to correct the Oxford English Dictionary) makes this book as exciting as it is accessible. Summing Up: Highly Recommended. D.L.Patey, CHOICE <br> Focusing on a handful of English words whose meaning seems obvious to native speakers, and using a brand of semantic analysis accessible to any intelligent lay person, Anna Wierzbicka reveals the empiricist worldview embedded in the English lexicon and shows how mystifyingly foreign English can thus be to foreigners. As an exploration in historical semantics, Wierzbicka's new book deserves a place beside Raymond Williams's Keywords.--J.M. Coetzee, University of Adelaide, Nobel Laureate in Literature<br> Author InformationAnna Wierzbicka is Professor of Linguistics at Australian National University. She has an international reputation for her work on languages and cultures. Her many books include English: Meaning and Culture, What Did Jesus Mean?, Semantics: Primes and Universals, Understanding Cultures Through Their Key Words, and Emotions Across Languages and Cultures. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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