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Understanding cultures through their key words : English, Russian, Polish, German, and Japanese

This work demonstrates that every language has its "key concepts" (expressed in key words) and that these concepts reflect the core values of the culture in question. It shows that cultures can be revealingly studied, compared and explained to outsiders through their key concepts.
Print Book, English, 1997
Oxford University Press, New York, 1997
317 p.
9780195088359, 9780195088366, 0195088352, 0195088360
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