Language, Space, and Social Relationships: A Foundational Cultural Model in Polynesia
(Part of the Language Culture and Cognition Series)
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The study of the relationship between language and thought, and how this apparently differs between cultures and social groups, is a rapidly expanding area of enquiry. This book discusses the relationship between language and the mental organisation of knowledge, based on the results of a fieldwork project carried out in the Kingdom of Tonga in Polynesia. It challenges some existing assumptions in linguistics, cognitive anthropology and cognitive...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0521883121
ISBN13:9780521883122
Release Date:May 2009
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:396 Pages
Weight:1.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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