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Publication details [#26186]

Wierzbicka, Anna. 1992. Semantics, culture and cognition: Universal human concepts in culture-specific configurations. Oxford University Press. 487 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
cognition | culture | form | meaning | semantics1
Language as a subject
English | English, Australian | Eskimo | French | German | Ilongot | Italian | Japanese | Languages, Australian aboriginal | Polish | Russian | Samoan

Annotation

Throughout this collection of essays, W. uses a complex model of philological-logical analysis to enhance our understanding of the relations between the forms of -in particular Russian- language and the underlying cultural and psychological meanings.

Reviewed by

Friedrich, Paul. 1995. Review of $Semantics, culture and cognition: Universal human concepts in culture-specific configurations.