03116nam 2200661Ia 450 991045294720332120200520144314.00-585-28951-41-280-44295-60-19-535849-X1-60129-972-9(CKB)1000000000521293(EBL)241440(OCoLC)475956725(SSID)ssj0000264298(PQKBManifestationID)11203868(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264298(PQKBWorkID)10284225(PQKB)11067326(MiAaPQ)EBC1591175(MiAaPQ)EBC241440(Au-PeEL)EBL1591175(CaPaEBR)ebr10087188(CaONFJC)MIL44295(EXLCZ)99100000000052129319960508d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnderstanding cultures through their key words[electronic resource] English, Russian, Polish, German, and Japanese /Anna WierzbickaNew York Oxford University Press19971 online resource (328 p.)Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ;8Description based upon print version of record.0-19-508836-0 0-19-508835-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-307) and index.Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. Lexicon as a Key to Ethno-Sociology and Cultural Psychology: Patterns of ""Friendship"" Across Cultures; 3. Lexicon as a Key to Ethno-Philosophy, History, and Politics: ""Freedom"" in Latin, English, Russian, and Polish; 4. Lexicon as a Key to History, Nation, and Society: ""Homeland"" and ""Fatherland"" in German, Polish, and Russian; 5. Australian Key Words and Core Cultural Values; 6. Japanese Key Words and Core Cultural Values; Notes; References; IndexThis book develops the dual themes that languages can differ widely in their vocabularies, and are also sensitive indices to the cultures to which they belong. Wierzbicka seeks to demonstrate that every language has ""key concepts,"" expressed in ""key words,"" which reflect the core values of a given culture. She shows that cultures can be revealingly studied, compared, and explained to outsiders through their key concepts, and that the analytical framework necessary for this purpose is provided by the ""natural semantic metalanguage,"" based on lexical universals, that the author and colleagOxford studies in anthropological linguistics ;8.Language and cultureLexicologySocial aspectsElectronic books.Language and culture.LexicologySocial aspects.306.44306.44089401.43Wierzbicka Anna174093MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452947203321Understanding cultures through their key words1188248UNINA01573nam0 22004093i 450 VIA008278620231121125925.0883680574420080630d1988 ||||0itac50 baitaitz01i xxxe z01nDialogo sulla fedeCocteau, Maritainprefazione di Carlo BoFirenzePassiglic1988126 p.19 cm.˜Le œoccasioni001REA00443692001 ˜Le œoccasioniLettre a Jacques Maritain.VIA0082787CFIV0209641706263Reponse a Jean Cocteau.VIA0082788CFIV0018123643721ReligioneTema [:] FedeEpistolariFIRRMLC422800I121.721200.121Cocteau, JeanCFIV020964070188970Maritain, JacquesCFIV001812070126203Bo, Carlo <1911-2001>CFIV041380JimUSMV843109Cocteau, JeanITIT-0120080630IT-RM1605 IT-FR0017 Biblioteca Della Persona - Istituto Internazionale Jacques MaritainRM1605 Biblioteca umanistica Giorgio ApreaFR0017 NVIA0082786Biblioteca umanistica Giorgio Aprea 52MAG 1/1602 52LLC0000053655 VMB RS A 2018112120181121 42 52Reponse a Jean Cocteau3643721Lettre à Jacques Maritain1706263UNICAS