Understanding Cultures Through Their Key Words: English, Russian, Polish, German, and Japanese - Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics 8 (Paperback)

Anna Wierzbicka (author)

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Paperback 328 Pages
Published: 06/11/1997

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Synopsis

Wierzbicka demonstrates that every language has its "key concepts" (expressed in key words) and that these concepts reflect the core values of the culture in question. Examining empirical evidence from five languages, and using her own "natural semantic metalanguage" to provide an analytical framework, she shows that cultures can be revealingly studied, compared and explained to outsiders through their key concepts.

Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN: 9780195088366
Number of pages: 328
Weight: 459 g
Dimensions: 234 x 153 x 18 mm

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There is a lot to be gleaned from just about anything produced by Wierzbicka - the "key words book" [...] is no exception [...]. The observations are plentiful and fascinating [...]. [Wierzbicka] has done more than anyone else to really "understand cultures through their key words". * Word, 51 [2000] *