Semantics, culture, and cognition
universal human concepts in culture-specific configurations
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Author
Publication
1992 - Oxford University Press, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
121,750 words, Guess
Page Count
487 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1543224M
- ISBN-100195073258
- OCLC Control Number27385736
- OCLC Control Number24010651
- OCLC Control Numbersemanticsculture0000wier
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number91022152
- LibraryThing255050
- Goodreads134923
Classifications
- DDC401/.43
- LCCP204 .W54 1992
Description
"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 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 isaccessible not only to scholars and students, but also to the general reader interested in semantics and the relationship between language and culture."--Cover page 4.
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