Experience, evidence, and sense [electronic resource] : the hidden cultural legacy of English /

by Wierzbicka, Anna.

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BookPublisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010Description: 1 online resource (x, 460 p.).ISBN: 9780199867653 (ebook) :.Subject(s): English language -- Semantics | English language -- Social aspects | Language and languages -- PhilosophyOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Experience, evidence, and sense [electronic resource] : the hidden cultural legacy of English /

by Wierzbicka, Anna.