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Language, culture, and mind : natural constructions and social kinds /

"Based on fieldwork carried out in a Mayan village in Guatemala, this book examines local understanding of mind through the lens of language and culture. It focuses on a variety of grammatical structures and discursive practices through which mental states are encoded and social relations are e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kockelman, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Colección:Language, culture, and cognition ; 10.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Language, culture, mind: emblems of the status human
  • Inalienable possessions: what hearts, mothers, and shadows have in common
  • Interclausal relations: how to enclose a mind by disclosing a sign
  • Myths about time and theories of mind: why the moon married the sun
  • Other minds and possible worlds: when psychological depth is dialogical breadth
  • Interjections: why the center of emotion is at the edge of language
  • Conclusion: natural constructions and social kinds.