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Match List I with List II:

List I: TermList II: Coined by
A. Thick descriptionI. Jacques Derrida
B. Transcendental signifiedII. I. A. Richards
C. Vehicle, tenorIII. Bertolt Brecht
D. Alienation effectIV. Clifford Geertz

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Correct answer: A. A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

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Geertz popularised 'thick description' in The Interpretation of Cultures (1973), borrowing the phrase from Gilbert Ryle; Derrida, 'transcendental signified' (Of Grammatology); Richards, 'tenor' and 'vehicle' of a metaphor (The Philosophy of Rhetoric, 1936); Brecht, Verfremdungseffekt.

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