03078nam 2200649Ia 450 991081575630332120230207225603.00-19-772273-30-585-28951-41-280-44295-60-19-535849-X1-60129-972-9(CKB)1000000000521293(EBL)241440(OCoLC)475956725(SSID)ssj0000264298(PQKBManifestationID)11203868(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264298(PQKBWorkID)10284225(PQKB)11067326(Au-PeEL)EBL1591175(CaPaEBR)ebr10087188(CaONFJC)MIL44295(MiAaPQ)EBC1591175(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 aspectsLanguage and culture.LexicologySocial aspects.306.44306.44089401.43Wierzbicka Anna174093MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815756303321Understanding cultures through their key words1188248UNINA