Semantics, culture, and cognition : universal human concepts in culture-specific configurations. configurations.

Not everything that can be said in one language can be said in another. The lexicons of different languages seem to suggest different conceptual universes. Investigating cultures from a universal, language-independent perspective, this book rejects analytical tools derived from the English language...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wierzbicka, Anna
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford Univ Press, 1992.
Temas:
Linguistic universals.
Semantics.
Language and culture.
Intercultural communication.
Psycholinguistics.
Universaux (Linguistique)
Sémantique.
Langage et culture.
Psycholinguistique.
semantics.
psycholinguistics.
Intercultural communication
Language and culture
Linguistic universals
Psycholinguistics
Semantics
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; 1. Soul, Mind, and Heart; 2. Fate and Destiny; 3. Are Emotions Universal or Culture-Specific?; 4. Describing the Indescribable; 5. Apatheia, Smirenie, Humility; 6. Courage, Bravery, Recklessness; 7. Personal Names and Expressive Derivation; 8. Titles and Other Forms of Address; 9. Lexical Universals and Psychological Reality; 10. 'Alternate Generations' in Australian Aboriginal Languages; 11. Australian English; 12. The Russian Language; Postscript; Notes; References; Index.

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