Phraseology and Culture in English
(Book #54 in the Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] Series)
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The proposition that there is a correlation between language and culture or culture-specific ways of thinking can be traced back to the views of Herder and von Humboldt in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is generally accepted today that a language, especially its lexicon, influences its speakers' cultural patterns of thought and perception in various ways, for example through a culture-specific segmentation of the extralinguistic reality,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:3110190877
ISBN13:9783110190878
Release Date:February 2007
Publisher:de Gruyter Mouton
Length:520 Pages
Weight:1.93 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"
Age Range:22 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary
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