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.
| ISBN: | 9780195088366 |
| Publication date: | 6th November 1997 |
| Author: | Anna Wierzbicka |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 464 pages |
| Series: | Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics |
| Genres: |
Cultural studies |
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.
Understanding Cultures Through Their Key Words features in the following genres: Cultural studies
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Understanding Cultures Through Their Key Words was written by Anna Wierzbicka and published by Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP USA
Understanding Cultures Through Their Key Words has 464 pages
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