A LEXICO-SEMANTIC EXPLORATION OF THE TERM LABOUR AS DEVELOPED IN ADAM SMITH’S THE WEALTH OF NATIONS

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AuteurAKPACA, SERVAIS MARTIAL
Date d'ajout2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
Date de disponibilite2026-06-02T16:06:57Z
Date de publication2018
ResumeGreat thinkers like Engels and Darwin wrote brilliant essays and books in which they presented their ideas and points of view on labour. Nowadays, individuals face in their various workplaces challenges driven either by labour relations and labour conflicts. But it seems that this term has a wider scope in The Wealth of Nations (1776) by Adam Smith. Indeed, the exploration of the conceptual areas of the term in virtually all the contexts in which it is used in the book reveals its complex economic flavours. The aim of this research work is to carry out a detailed analysis of the concept in the various contexts in which it is used in the book. Therefore, the research methodology followed is the qualitative paradigm which draws on, and interprets the analytical and cognitive meaning of the term labour. This approach moves away from theoretical approaches such as dictionary approaches which tend to define and connote the word out of any particular context. As a result, the term labour proves to be a highly technical and polysemous one which is presented in various contexts as being the same as work, labourers, a commodity, the real price of a commodity, a means of purchase, the original purchase money, a human activity, etc. The ongoing article explores that concept in the works of several other authors in a bid to compare the different meanings it assumes in different areas.
Autre identifiantBECDB-8027
Autre identifiantISSN: 1840 9318
URIhttps://dspace.uac.bj/handle/123456789/7209
Languefr
Fait partie deRevue Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée, de Littérature et d’Education
Sujetlabour
Sujetconcept
Sujetcorpus linguistics
Sujetman
TitreA LEXICO-SEMANTIC EXPLORATION OF THE TERM LABOUR AS DEVELOPED IN ADAM SMITH’S THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
TypeArticle

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