Deixis

by Revere D. Perkins

Book Overview

Many linguists have believed that there is no connection between culture and language structures. This study reviews some of the literature supporting vocabulary connections, hypotheses for other connections, and critical views of this type of hypothesis. Precisely such a connection is developed employing a functional view of language and grammaticization principles. Using a world-wide probability sample of forty-nine languages, an association between...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556194129
• ISBN13: 9781556194122
• Release Date: December 1992
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 255 Pages