Relative Points of View: Linguistic Representation of Culture (Linguistic Representations of Culture)


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By: Magda Stroinska

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The relationship between language and various kinds of non-linguistic behavior has been of great fascination for many of those working in the fields of cultural anthropology, linguistics, and philosophy, or, broadly understood, cultural studies. The authors in this volume explore this relationship in a number of cultures and social contexts and discuss the problem of linguistic relativism and its application to several areas of social interaction across cultures. The authors deal with such questions as how language and culture intersect resulting in different points of view on reality that are all equally authentic and rooted in experience. The question of the influence of language and culture on our perceptino of physical and social reality is re-examined for such domains as politics, commerce, working with people, religion, and gender relations.

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Paperback: 228 pages

Publisher: Berghahn Books (2001-05)

Dimensions (H L W): 60 x 840 x 550

ISBN: 1571813403

EAN: 9781571813404