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Understanding Cultures Through Their Key Words: English, Russian, Polish, German, and Japanese (Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics)
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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.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #107881 in Books
- Published on: 1997-11-06
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 328 pages
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Weissbort and Eysteinsson's collection is nothing less than magnificent - both in terms of its size and of its scope. (Ida Klitgard, Perspectives: Studies in Translatology, Vol. 14:2 )
