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BL
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1022620
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b776990
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| Main Entry
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Wierzbicka, Anna.
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| Title & Author
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Understanding cultures through their key words : : English, Russian, Polish, German, and Japanese /\ Anna Wierzbicka.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1997.
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| Series Statement
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Oxford studies in anthropological linguistics ;; 8
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1 online resource (viii, 317 pages)
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| ISBN
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0195088360
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: 019535849X
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: 0585289514
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: 1280442956
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: 9780195088366
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: 9780195358490
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: 9780585289519
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: 9781280442957
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0195088352
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0195088360
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9780195088359
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-307) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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. Examining empirical evidence from five lanuages, and using its own "natural semantic metalanguage" to provide an analytical framework, it shows that cultures can be revealingly studied, compared and explained to outsiders through their key concepts.
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Language and culture.
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Lexicology-- Social aspects.
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Cultura.
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Diffusion de la culture.
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Kontrastive Lexikologie
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Kontrastive Pragmatik
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Kulturelle Identität
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Langage et culture.
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Language and culture.
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Lexicology-- Social aspects.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
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Schlüsselwort
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Sémantique comparée.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
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Antropologische linguïstiek.
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Lexicologie.
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Deutsch.
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Englisch.
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Japanisch.
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Lexicologia (Aspectos Sociais)
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Polnisch.
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Russisch.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.4/4/089
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| LC Classification
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P35.W54 1997eb
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17.28bcl
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7,41ssgn
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ES 110rvk
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ES 135rvk
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ES 455rvk
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LC 60000rvk
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