Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs
by Carsten Levisen.
Bok Engelsk 2012 Carsten. Levisen,· Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Berlin : : De Gruyter Mouton, , 2012.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (354 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Preface; Acknowledgments; Figures and tables; Conventions and symbols; Chapter 1. Danish as a universe of meaning; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Overview; 1.3 Language and cultural values; 1.4 Danish identity, culture and language; 1.4.1 The new concepts dansk 'Danish' and sprog 'language'; 1.4.2 Grundtvigianism and the peculiarities of Danish enlightenment; 1.4.3 Scandinavian unity and diversity; 1.5 Approaches to Danish cultural values; 1.5.1 Parameter-based comparative approaches; 1.5.2 Monographs; 1.5.3 A critical summary; 1.6 Doing linguistically grounded analysis: Caveats and challenges. - 1.6.1 Natural language and linguistic corpora1.6.2 Linguistic and cultural heterogeneity and change; 1.6.3 Ethnocentrism; Chapter 2. The NSM approach to linguistic and cultural analysis: Key issues in contemporary cultural semantics; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The NSM metalanguage; 2.2.1 Semantic primes; 2.2.2 Metalanguage grammar; 2.2.3 Issues in Danish NSM; 2.2.4 Semantic explications; 2.2.5 Semantic templates; 2.2.6 Semantic molecules; 2.3 Perspectives and discussion; 2.3.1 Conceptual vs. extensional approaches; 2.3.2 Reductive paraphrase vs. metaphor mapping. - 2.3.3 Representational vs. critical perspectives2.4 NSM and cultural values; 2.4.1 Cultural keywords; 2.4.2 Cultural scripts; 2.5 Concluding remarks; Chapter 3. Roots of Danish sociality: Hygge as a cultural keyword and core cultural value; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Rolling together hygge: The limitations of English; 3.3 Hygge in cross-cultural encounters; 3.4 The elaborations of hygge in Danish language; 3.5 The semantics of hygge; 3.5.1 Explaining the rise of the verb hygger; 3.5.2 Stemning 'atmosphere', a hygge-related word; 3.6 The ethnopragmatics of hygge; 3.6.1 Social cognition. - 3.6.2 Communicative style3.6.3 Sensation and symbolism; 3.7 How culture-specific is hygge?; 3.8 Concluding remarks; Chapter 4. "It's all about being tryg": Danish society, socialisation and ethnopsychology; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Tryghed as a Danish cultural value; 4.3 The Cardamom Law; 4.4 The semantics of tryg and tryghed; 4.4.1 A tryg place; 4.4.2 Tryghed vs. security; 4.4.3 Feeling tryg; 4.5 Towards a Danish ethnopsychology; 4.5.1 The concept of rammer 'frames'; 4.5.2 The importance of "overviewability" and "pedagogy"; 4.6 Concluding remarks. - 6.4 The semantics of mener. - Chapter 5. The dark side of the Danes? A semantic and discursive analysis of janteloven 'the Jante Law'5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The literary origin of janteloven; 5.3 Anti-janteloven discourses in contemporary Denmark; 5.4 The semantics of janteloven; 5.5 Janteloven's hidden message of selvværd 'self-worth'; 5.6 Janteloven - a Danish super demon; 5.7 Concluding remarks; Chapter 6. Danish cognitive values in cross-cultural perspective: Evidence from the cognitive verbs synes and mener; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Cognitive verbs and cognitive values; 6.3 The semantics of synes. - Words do not emerge in a cultural vacuum. They are revealing of speakers' values, cognitive preferences and social practices. With an engaging study of Danish cultural keywords, this book offers a new framework for understanding language-particular universes of meaning and lays the ground for comparative research into the diversity of semantic and cultural systems in contemporary Europe. The book is of compelling interest to anyone interested in language and cultural values, as well as for students and scholars in Scandinavian and European studies.
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| Dewey | 401.43 . - 439.810143
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| ISBN | 3-11-029465-6
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