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The utility of meaning : what words mean and why /
This book argues that the complex, anthropocentric, and often culture-specific meanings of words have been shaped directly by their history of 'utility' for communication in social life, and explores relations between language, communication, culture, and mind. It contains extensive data f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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| Colección: | Oxford linguistics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Utility of meaning
- Meanings are layered
- Meanings are multiple
- Meanings are anthropocentric
- Meanings are cultural
- Meanings are distributed
- Meanings are useful.