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1 online resource (xx, 333 pages). |
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| Series |
Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 257
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 257.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-315)-and indexes. |
| Contents |
Danish as a universe of meaning. Introduction ; Overview ; Language and cultural values ; Danish identity, culture and language; New concepts dansk 'Danish' and sprog 'language'; Grundtvigianism and the peculiarities of Danish enlightenment; Scandinavian unity and diversity ; Approaches to Danish cultural values; Parameter-based comparative approaches; Monographs; A critical summary ; Doing linguistically grounded analysis : caveats and challenges; Natural language and linguistic corpora; Linguistic and cultural heterogeneity and change; Ethnocentrism -- NSM approach to linguistic and cultural analysis : key issues in contemporary cultural semantics. Introduction ; NSM metalanguage; Semantic primes; Metalanguage grammar; lssues in Danish NSM; Semantic explications; Semantic templates; Semantic molecules ; Perspectives and discussion; Conceptual vs. extensional approaches; Reductive paraphrase vs. metaphor mapping; Representational vs. critical perspectives ; NSM and cultural values; Cultural keywords; Cultural Scripts ; Concluding remarks -- Roots of Danish sociality : Hygge as a cultural keyword and core cultural value. Introduction ; Rolling together hygge : the limitations of English ; Hygge in cross-cultural encounters ; Elaborations of hygge in Danish language ; Semantics of hygge; Explaining the rise of the verb hygger; Stemning 'atmosphere', a hygge-related word ; Ethnopragmatics of hygge; Social cognition; Communicative style; Sensation and symbolism ; How culture-specific is hygge? ; Concluding remarks -- "Its all about being tryg" : Danish society, socialisation and ethnopsychology. Introduction ; Tryghed as a Danish cultural value ; Cardamom Law ; Semantics of tryg and tryghed; A tryg place; Tryghed vs. security; Feeling tryg ; Towards a Danish ethnopsychology; Concept of rammer 'frames'; Importance of "overviewability" and "pedagogy" ; Concluding remarks -- Dark side of the Danes? A semantic and discursive analysis of janteloven 'the Jante Law'. Introduction ; Literary origin of janteloven ; Anti-janteloven discourses in contemporary Denmark ; Semantics of janteloven ; Janteloven's hidden message of selvværd 'self worth' ; Janteloven : a Danish super demon ; Concluding remarks -- Danish cognitive values in cross-cultural perspective : evidence from the cognitive verbs synes and mener. Introduction ; Cognitive verbs and cognitive values ; Semantics of synes ; Semantics of mener ; Danish cognitive values; A cultural script against "telling others what to think"; Value of selvstændig 'independent' thinking ; Danish cognitive style in cross-cultural comparison; Danish and Russian verbs and values; Danish and Anglo English verbs and values ; Pedagogical scripts ; Concluding remarks -- Are Danes truly the happiest people on earth? Semantics meets "happiness research". Introduction ; "Happiness", meaning and culture ; Explicating lykkelig, glad, and tilfreds; Lykkelig of intense emotion; Lykkelig of life quality; Semantics of glad; Semantics of tilfreds ; Comparative, historical and cultural perspectives ; Cultural semantics vs. "happiness research" ; Concluding remarks -- Conclusion ; Introduction ; Living with Danish concepts ; Achievements and implications ; Suggestions for future research ; Closing remarks ; Appendix ; Notes ; References ; Author index ; General index. |
| Summary |
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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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Danish language -- Semantics -- Psychological aspects.
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Danish language -- Semantics. |
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Psychological aspects. |
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Danish language. |
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Danish language -- Social aspects.
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Danish language -- Social aspects. |
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Danish language -- Discourse analysis.
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Danish language -- Discourse analysis. |
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Psycholinguistics -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Psycholinguistics. |
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Cross-cultural studies.
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Cognitive psychology -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Cognitive psychology. |
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Language and culture -- Europe -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Language and culture. |
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Europe. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Levisen, Carsten. Cultural semantics and social cognition. Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2012 3110294605 9783110294606 |
| ISBN |
3110294656 (electronic book) |
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9783110294651 (electronic book) |
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3110294605 |
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9783110294606 |
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