(Russian;Polish;German;Japanese;English)
Wierzbicka, Anna
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Paperback
Edition: Series#:8; Understanding Cultures Through Their Key Words
328 pages
Bibliography
Language: Japanese; Russian
Published: 1997
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN / EAN: 0195088360
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
