Imprisoned in English
Author | : Anna Wierzbicka |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2014 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780199321506 |
ISBN-13 | : 0199321507 |
Rating | : 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Download or read book Imprisoned in English written by Anna Wierzbicka and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imprisoned in English 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.