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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199249067
• ISBN13: 9780199249060
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 9.0"