Ethnosyntax: Explorations in Grammar and Culture

by N.J. Enfield

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199266506
• ISBN13: 9780199266500
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.2"