Russian Cultural Scripts: The Theory of Cultural Scripts and Its Applications

• Published in: Ethos (Berkeley, Calif.) Vol. 30; no. 4; pp. 401 - 432
• Main Author: Wierzbicka, Anna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK American Anthropological Association 01.12.2002; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Anthropology; Child care; Communication; Conceptualization; Cross cultural studies; Cultural norms; Culture; Dialogism; Honesty; Language; Linguistics; Mothers; Nouns; Philosophy; Psychology; Russian culture; Russian language; Scripts; Semantics; Society; Soul; Speaking; Translation; Truth; Words; Australia; New York; United States > US

"Cultural scripts" as understood in this article are representations of cultural norms that are widely held in a given society and that are reflected in language (in culture-specific "keywords," phrases, conversational routines, and so on). A key methodological principle in the t...