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Semantics, Culture, and Cognition
Anna Wierzbicka
其他書名
Universal Human Concepts in Culture-specific Configurations
出版Oxford University Press, 1992
主題Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication StudiesLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / GeneralLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Psycholinguistics / GeneralLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / SemanticsSocial Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
ISBN01950732669780195073263
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=5XM8DwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Not everything that can be said in one language can be said in another. The lexicons of different languages seem to suggest different conceptual universes. Investigating cultures from a universal, language-independent perspective, this book rejects analytical tools derived from the English language and Anglo culture and proposes instead a "natural semantic metalanguage" formulated in English words but based on lexical universals. The outcome of two and a half decades of research, the metalanguage is made up of universal semantic primitives in terms of which all meanings--including the most culture-specific ones--can be described and compared in a precise and illuminating way. Integrating insights from linguistics, cultural anthropology, and cognitive psychology, and written in simple, non-technical language, Semantics, Culture, and Cognition is accessible not only to scholars and students, but also to the general reader interested in semantics and the relationship between language and culture.