Culture, society, and cognition : collective goals, values, action, and knowledge / by David B. Kronenfeld.

This theoretically motivated approach to pragmatics (vs. semantics) produces a radically new view of culture and its role vis-a-vis society. Understanding what words mean in use requires an open-ended recourse to pragmatic cultural knowledge. Cultural knowledge makes up a productive conceptual syste...

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Main Author: Kronenfeld, David B., 1941-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2008.
Series:Mouton series in pragmatics ; 3.
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