Anna Wierzbicka

Anna Wierzbicka

ORCID iD
orcid.org/0000-0002-6074-7865

is author/editor of the following titles:

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Cognitive Exploration of Language and Linguistics: Second revised edition
Edited by René Dirven † and Marjolijn H. Verspoor
[Cognitive Linguistics in Practice, 1]  2004.  xii, 277 pp.
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The Body in Description of Emotion: Cross-linguistic studies. Special issue of Pragmatics & Cognition 10:1/2 (2002)
Edited by N.J. Enfield and Anna Wierzbicka
[Pragmatics & Cognition, 10:1/2]  2002.  vi, 369 pp.
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Meaning and Universal Grammar: Theory and empirical findings. Volume 1
Edited by Cliff Goddard and Anna Wierzbicka
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 60]  2002.  xvi, 337 pp.
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Meaning and Universal Grammar: Theory and empirical findings. 2 Volumes (set)
Edited by Cliff Goddard and Anna Wierzbicka
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 60-61]  2002.  xvi, 337 pp. & xvi, 337 pp.
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Meaning and Universal Grammar: Theory and empirical findings. Volume 2
Edited by Cliff Goddard and Anna Wierzbicka
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 61]  2002.  xvi, 337 pp.
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Cognitive Exploration of Language and Linguistics
René Dirven † and Marjolijn H. Verspoor
[Cognitive Linguistics in Practice, 1 (1999)]  1999.  xiv, 300 pp.
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Semantic and Lexical Universals: Theory and empirical findings
Edited by Cliff Goddard and Anna Wierzbicka
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 25]  1994.  viii, 510 pp.
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The Semantics of Grammar
Anna Wierzbicka
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 18]  1988.  x, 617 pp.

is editor/board member of the following journals:

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Pragmatics & Cognition (P&C)
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International Journal of Language and Culture (IJoLC)

is author of the following articles:

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Wierzbicka, Anna. 2019. “The biblical roots of English ‘love’”. International Journal of Language and Culture  6:2, 225–254
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Goddard, Cliff, Anna Wierzbicka and Jock Wong. 2016. ““Walking” and “running” in English and German”. Review of Cognitive Linguistics  14:2, 303–336
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Goddard, Cliff and Anna Wierzbicka. 2016. “Explicating the English lexicon of ‘doing and happening’”. Functions of Language  23:2, 214–256
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 2016. ““Pain” and “suffering” in cross-linguistic perspective”. In “Happiness” and “Pain” across Languages and Cultures, 19–43
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 2015. “A whole cloud of culture condensed into a drop of semantics”. International Journal of Language and Culture  2:1, 1–37
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Goddard, Cliff and Anna Wierzbicka. 2014. “Semantic fieldwork and lexical universals”. Studies in Language  38:1, 80–127
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 2014. ““Pain” and “suffering” in cross-linguistic perspective”. In "Happiness" and "Pain" across Languages and Cultures, 149–173
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 2012. “Understanding others requires shared concepts”. In Culture – Language – Cognition, 356–379
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 2012. “Chapter 14. ‘Advice’ in English and in Russian: A contrastive and cross-cultural perspective”. In Advice in Discourse, 309–332
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Goddard, Cliff and Anna Wierzbicka. 2010. “‘Want’ is a lexical and conceptual universal”. Studies in Language  34:1, 108–123
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 2010. “‘Story’ — An English cultural keyword and a key interpretive tool of Anglo culture”. Narrative Inquiry  20:1, 153–181
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 2009. ““Reciprocity””. Studies in Language  33:1, 103–174
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 2009. “All people eat and drink. Does this mean that 'eat' and 'drink' are universal human concepts?”. In The Linguistics of Eating and Drinking, 65–89
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Goddard, Cliff and Anna Wierzbicka. 2008. “Universal human concepts as a basis for contrastive linguistic semantics”. In Current Trends in Contrastive Linguistics: Functional and cognitive perspectives, 205–226
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Goddard, Cliff and Anna Wierzbicka. 2008. “2. New semantic primes and new syntactic frames: "Specificational BE" and "abstract THIS/IT"”. In Cross-Linguistic Semantics, 35–57
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Goddard, Cliff and Anna Wierzbicka. 2007. “7. Semantic primes and cultural scripts in language learning and intercultural communication”. In Applied Cultural Linguistics: Implications for second language learning and intercultural communication, 105–124
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Goddard, Cliff and Anna Wierzbicka. 2007. “NSM analyses of the semantics of physical qualities”. Studies in Language  31:4, 765–800
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 2007. “2. Is "remember" a universal human concept? "Memory" and culture”. In The Language of Memory in a Crosslinguistic Perspective, 13–39
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 2007. “3. Shape and colour in language and thought”. In Mental States: Volume 2: Language and cognitive structure, 37–60
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 2006. “Shape in grammar revisited”. Studies in Language  30:1, 115–177
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 2006. “Preface”. In Semantic Primes and Universal Grammar: Empirical evidence from the Romance languages, 1–6
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 2006. “The semantics of colour”. In Progress in Colour Studies: Volume I. Language and culture, 1–24
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Besemeres, Mary and Anna Wierzbicka. 2003. “The meaning of the particle lah in Singapore English”. Pragmatics & Cognition  11:1, 3–38
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Enfield, N.J. and Anna Wierzbicka. 2002. “Introduction”. In The Body in Description of Emotion: Cross-linguistic studies, 1–25
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Goddard, Cliff and Anna Wierzbicka. 2002. “Opening Statement”. In Meaning and Universal Grammar: Theory and empirical findings, 1–3
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Goddard, Cliff and Anna Wierzbicka. 2002. “2. Semantic Primes and Universal Grammar”. In Meaning and Universal Grammar: Theory and empirical findings, 41–85
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Goddard, Cliff and Anna Wierzbicka. 2002. “Preface to Volume II”. In Meaning and Universal Grammar: Theory and empirical findings, xv
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 2002. “2. Semantic primes and Universal Grammar in Polish”. In Meaning and Universal Grammar: Theory and empirical findings, 65–144
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 2002. “4. Semantic Primes and Linguistic Typology”. In Meaning and Universal Grammar: Theory and empirical findings, 257–300
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 2001. “Leibnizian linguistics”. In Perspectives on Semantics, Pragmatics, and Discourse: A Festschrift for Ferenc Kiefer, 229–253
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 2000. “The semantics of human facial expressions”. In Facial Information Processing: A multidisciplinary perspective, 147–183
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 1997. “Conditionals and counterfactuals”. In On Conditionals Again, 15
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 1997. “A response to Michael Bamberg”. In The Language of Emotions: Conceptualization, expression, and theoretical foundation, 227
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 1995. “Dictionairies vs. encyclopaedias”. In Alternative Linguistics: Descriptive and theoretical modes, 289
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 1995. “A Semantic Basis for Grammatical Typology”. In Discourse, Grammar and Typology: Papers in honor of John W.M. Verhaar, 179
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Goddard, Cliff and Anna Wierzbicka. 1994. “2 Introducing Lexical Primitives”. In Semantic and Lexical Universals: Theory and empirical findings, 31
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 1994. “Opening Statement”. In Semantic and Lexical Universals: Theory and empirical findings, 1
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 1994. “17 Semantic Primitives Across Languages”. In Semantic and Lexical Universals: Theory and empirical findings, 445
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 1994. “"Cultural scripts": A new approach to the study of cross-cultural communication”. In Language Contact and Language Conflict, 69–87
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 1993. “Reading human faces”. Pragmatics & Cognition  1:1, 1–23
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 1993. “Why do We Say in April, on Thursday, at 10 O'Clock? In Search of an Explanation”. Studies in Language  17:2, 437–454
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 1992. “The search for universal semantic primitives”. In Thirty Years of Linguistic Evolution: Studies in honour of René Dirven on the occasion of his 60th birthday, 215
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 1991. “Semantic Rules Know no Exceptions”. Studies in Language  15:2, 371–398
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 1990. “Cross-cultural pragmatics and different values”. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics  13:1, 43–76
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 1986. “What's in a Noun? (Or: How Do Nouns Differ in Meaning from Adjectives?)”. Studies in Language  10:2, 353–389
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 1985. ““oats” and “wheat””. In Iconicity in Syntax: Proceedings of a symposium on iconicity in syntax, Stanford, June 24–26, 1983, 311
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 1983. “The Semantics of Case Marking”. Studies in Language  7:2, 247–275
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Wierzbicka, Anna. 1979. “Ethno-Syntax and the Philosophy of Grammar”. Studies in Language  3:3, 313–383