This book is based on two ideas: first, that any language-English no less than any other-represen...

In this fascinating book, Anna Wierzbicka brings psychological, anthropological and linguistic in...

To what extent are languages 'essentially the same'? Is every word in our language translatable i...

It is widely accepted that English is the first truly global language and lingua franca. Its domi...

In this highly interdisciplinary work, linguist Anna Wierzbicka casts new light on the words of J...

Conceptual primitives and semantic universals are the cornerstones of a semantic theory which Ann...

Wierzbicka demonstrates that every language has its 'key concepts' (expressed in key words) and t...

Imprisoned in English argues that in the present English-dominated world, social sciences and the...

Inside the left chest panel of a German officer's uniform coat, between the wool outer layer and ...

This book is based on two ideas: first, that any language-English no less than any other-represen...

In this fascinating book, Anna Wierzbicka brings psychological, anthropological and linguistic in...

In a series of cross-cultural investigations of word meaning, Cliff Goddard and Anna Wierzbicka e...