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Author Wierzbicka, Anna.

Title Cross-cultural pragmatics : the semantics of human interaction / by Anna Wierzbicka
Published Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1991

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Description xiii, 502 pages ; 23 cm
Series Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 53
Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 53
Contents Semantics and pragmatics. Language as a tool of human interaction -- Different cultures and different modes of interaction -- Pragmatics -the study of human interaction -- The natural semantic metalanguage -- The need for a universal perspective on meaning -- The uniqueness of every linguistic system -- The problem of polysemy -- Semantic equivalence vs. pragmatic equivalence -- Universal grammatical patterns -- Semantics versus pragmatics: different approaches. Different cultures, different languages, different speech acts. Cross-cultural pragmatics and different cultural values. Describing conversational routines. Speech acts and speech genres across languages and cultures
The semantics of illocutionary forces. Italian reduplication: its meaning and its cultural significance. Interjections across culture: volitive ; emotive ; cognitive. Particles and illocutionary meanings. Boys will be boys: even 'truisms' are culture-specific. The meaning of tautologies ; English nominal tautologies ; semantic representations ; some comparisons from Chinese and Japanese ; verbal tautologies ; is there a semantic invariant? ; The deceptive form of English tautological constructions ; the culture-specific content of tautological patterns. Conclusion: semantics as a key to cross-cultural pragmatics
Analysis Intercultural communication
Pragmatics
Semantics
Speech acts (Linguistics)
Notes ANALYTIC
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [461]-485) and indexes
Notes Trends in linguistics. no:53 1861-4302
Subject Intercultural communication.
Pragmatics.
Semantics.
Speech acts (Linguistics)
LC no. 90022563
ISBN 0899256996
3110125382
3110137879
Other Titles Crosscultural pragmatics