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Cari koleksi dengan cepat sesuai kebutuhan Anda.Language, our primary tool of thought and perception, is at the heart of who we are as individuals. Languages are constantly changing, sometimes into entirely new varieties of speech, leading to subtle differences in how we present ourselves to others. This revealing account brings together eleven leading specialists from the fields of linguistics, anthropology, philosophy and psychology, to ex…
To what extent and in what ways is metaphorical thought relevant to an understanding of culture and society? More specifically: can the cognitive linguistic view of metaphor simultaneously explain both universality and diversity in metaphorical thought? Cognitive linguists have done important work on universal aspects of metaphor, but they have paid much less attention to why metaphors vary bot…
David Crystal's informative account of the rise of eng as a global language explores the history, current status and potential of eng as the international language of communication. This new edition of his classic work includes additional sections on the future of eng as a world language, eng on the Internet, and the possibility of an eng family of languages. Footnotes, new tables, and a compre…