(2018) Cultural key words, cultural scripts, Minimal English

Published on May 19, 2019. Last updated on June 25, 2019.

Gladkova, Anna, & Larina, Tatiana (2018). Anna Wierzbicka, language, culture and communication. Russian Journal of Linguistics, 22(4), 717-748.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2312-9182-2018-22-4-717-748 / Open access

Abstract:

This introduction to the second part of a special issue of the Russian Journal of Linguistics marking Anna Wierzbicka’s 80th birthday focuses on her research in the area of language and culture. It surveys some of the fundamental concepts of Wierzbicka’s research program in cultural semantics and ethnopragmatics, in particular cultural key words and cultural scripts, both of which she unpacks using the universal human concepts of NSM. The article also discusses the concept of Minimal Language as a recent development in the NSM program and presents associated research in a variety of fields.

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Simultaneously published in English and Russian. The Russian version follows the English one.

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