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328 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780195088366
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 07 August 1997
Description
This 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 "k...
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328 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780195088366
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 07 August 1997
Description
This 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 "k...