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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.

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There is a lot to be gleaned from just about anything produced by Wierzbicka - the "key words book" [...] is no exception [...]. The observations are plentiful and fascinating [...]. [Wierzbicka] has done more than anyone else to really "understand cultures through their key words". * Word, 51 [2000] *

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press
      Publication Date: 11/6/1997 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780195088366, 978-0195088366
      ISBN10: 0195088360
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      Sociolinguistics Cultural studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      There is a lot to be gleaned from just about anything produced by Wierzbicka - the "key words book" [...] is no exception [...]. The observations are plentiful and fascinating [...]. [Wierzbicka] has done more than anyone else to really "understand cultures through their key words". * Word, 51 [2000] *

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