Imprisoned in English : the hazards of English as a default language / / Anna Wierzbicka
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Wierzbicka Anna
|
| Titolo: |
Imprisoned in English : the hazards of English as a default language / / Anna Wierzbicka
|
| Pubblicazione: | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014] |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina: | 306.44 |
| Soggetto topico: | English language - Social aspects |
| English language - Influence on foreign languages | |
| Multilingualism - Social aspects | |
| Language and languages - Globalization | |
| Language and languages - Philosophy | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | part one. Every language draws a circle ... -- part two. Emotions and values -- part three. "Politeness" and "cooperation" -- part four. Entering other minds -- part five. Breaking down the walls of the prison -- part six. Kindred thinking across disciplines. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This title argues that in the present English-dominated world social sciences and the humanities are locked in a conceptual framework grounded in English and that scholars need to break away from this framework to reach a more universal culture-independent perspective on things human. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Imprisoned in English |
| ISBN: | 0-19-932150-7 |
| 0-19-932151-5 | |
| 1-306-08200-5 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910792228103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |