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Wierzbicka, Anna. 1991. Japanese key words and core cultural values. Language in Society 20 (3) : 333–385.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
0047-4045

Annotation

This paper demonstrates how the use of a natural semantic metalanguage framework enables the study, comparison and explanation of Japanese culture through the analysis of its key words 'amae, enryo, wa, on, giri and seishin'.