Book: Ethnosyntax: Explorations In Grammar And Culture Meanings of cultural importance are found not only in words but also in the very grammar of a language. This exciting collection presents eleven original studies of the relationship between grammar, culture, and cognition, with data from languages and cultures from around the world. Contributors discuss a wide variety of grammatical phenomena. This book shows that the study of culture can help to understand how and why languages differ in the ways they do.
Details of Book: Ethnosyntax: Explorations In Grammar And Culture Book: Ethnosyntax: Explorations In Grammar And Culture
Author: N. J. Enfield
ISBN: 0199266506
ISBN-13: 9780199266500
, 978-0199266500
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 26022004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Usa
Number of Pages: 327
Language: English