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Understanding Cultures Through Their Key Words: English, Russian, Polish, German, and Japanese - Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics Wierzbicka
Understanding Cultures Through Their Key Words: English, Russian, Polish, German, and Japanese - Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics
Wierzbicka
This work 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. It shows that cultures can be revealingly studied, compared and explained to outsiders through their key concepts.
328 pages, bibliography
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 6, 1997 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195088366 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 328 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 229 × 21 mm · 504 g |
| Language | English |