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Understanding Cultures Through Their Key Words: English, Russian, Polish, German, And Japanese (Oxford Studies In Anthropologica,New Lasko In A Gray Endless PlaceThis Book Develops The Dual Themes That Languages Can Differ Widely In Their Vocabularies, And Are Also Sensitive Indices To The Cultures To Which They Belong. Wierzbicka Seeks To Demonstrate That Every Language Has 'Key Concepts,' Expressed In 'Key Words,' Which Reflect The Core Values Of A Given Culture. She Shows That Cultures Can Be Revealingly Studied, Compared, And Explained To Outsiders Through Their Key Concepts, And That The Analytical