Understanding Cultures Through Their Key Words: English, Russian, Polish, German, and Japanese - Couverture souple

Wierzbicka, Anna

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195088360 ISBN 13 : 9780195088366

Editeur : Oxford University Press USA, 1997

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Dr. Anna Wierzbicka is Professor of Linguistics at the Australian National University. She has lectured extensively at universities in Europe, America, and Japan, and is the author of many books, including Semantics: Primes and Universals (OUP, 1996) and Semantics, Culture, and Cognition: Universal Human Concepts in Human-Specific Configurations (OUP, 1992).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press USA
• Date d'édition: 1997
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195088360
• ISBN 13: 9780195088366
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 328
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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