МАКЕДОНСКИОТ ЈАЗИК КАКО УНИВЕРЗУМ НА ЗНАЧЕЊА
Macedonian Language as a Universe of Meaning

Summary/Abstract: Reflecting on the work of linguist Anna Wierzbicka about words and meanings, this paper invites not only specialists but also the common reader to ponder over the dead-ends to which some ethnocentric approaches have so far led and to consider the need for a new theoretical framework that will open new vistas. We seek to promote a new, meaning-based approach to the study of Macedonian language, as a historically shaped universe of meaning and to reveal Macedonian’s cultural underpinnings and their implications for the modern world. This reflection speaks out openly and firmly in defense of the notion of culture and the need for culture theory to describe culture-specific conceptual and behavioral patterns characteristic of a particular culture.

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