English —— Meaning and Culture

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ISBN: 9780195174755 出版年：2007 页码：363 Wierzbicka, Anna Oxford University Press

PART I. MEANING, HISTORY AND CULTURE 1. English as a cultural universe 2. Anglo cultural scripts as seen through Middle Eastern eyes PART II. ENGLISH WORDS, FROM PHILOSOPHY TO EVERYDAY DISCOURSE 3. The story of RIGHT and WRONG and its cultural implications 4. Being REASONABLE: A key Anglo value and its cultural roots 5. Being FAIR: Another key Anglo value and its cultural underpinnings PART III. ANGLO CULTURE REFLECTED IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR 6. The English Causatives: Causation and interpersonal relations 7. I THINK: The rise of epistemic phrases in modern English 8. PROBABLY: English epistemic adverbs and their cultural significance PART IV. CONCLUSION 9. The "cultural baggage" of English and its significance in the world at large