Understanding Cultures through Their Key Words

副标题: English, Russian, Polish, German, and Japanese

ISBN: 9780195088366

出版社: Oxford University Press, USA

出版年: 1997-8-7

页数: 328

定价: USD 80.00

装帧: Paperback

内容简介

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.