Semantics, culture, and cognition / Anna Wierzbicka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wierzbicka, Anna, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistic universals.

Semantics.

Language and culture.

Intercultural communication.

Psycholinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (496 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study ranges across a wide variety of languages and cultures in an attempt to identify concepts which are truly universal and to explore whether certain words are culture-specific.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction; 1. Soul, Mind, and Heart; 2. Fate and Destiny; 3. Are Emotions Universal or Culture-Specific?; 4. Describing the Indescribable; 5. Apatheia, Smirenie, Humility; 6. Courage, Bravery, Recklessness; 7. Personal Names and Expressive Derivation; 8. Titles and Other Forms of Address; 9. Lexical Universals and Psychological Reality; 10. 'Alternate Generations' in Australian Aboriginal Languages; 11. Australian English; 12. The Russian Language; Postscript; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Bibliography: p453-474. - Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1992.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-474) and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-772238-5

0-19-536091-5

1-280-44145-3

1-4237-3757-1

0-19-507325-8

1-60129-865-X

OCLC:

191924693