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Language, culture, and mind : natural constructions and social kinds / Paul Kockelman
- Author
- Kockelman, Paul
- Published
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 246 pages) : illustrations
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- Series
- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- 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.
- Summary
- "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 expressed: inalienable possessions, such as body parts and kinship terms; interjections, such as, 'ouch' and 'yuck'; complement-taking predicates, such as 'believe' and 'desire'; and grammatical categories, such as mood, status, and evidentiality. More generally, it develops a theoretical framework through which both community-specific and human-general features of mind may be contrasted and compared. It will be of interest to researchers and students working within the disciplines of anthropology, linguistics, psychology, and philosophy."--Jacket
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9780511712487 (electronic bk.)
0511712480 (electronic bk.)
9780511711893 (electronic bk.)
0511711891 (electronic bk.)
0521516390
9780521516396
9781107689022
1107689023
1107206553
9781107206557
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9781283149501
0511713312
9780511713316
9786613149503
6613149500
0511714564
9780511714566
0511715811
9780511715815
0511722621
9780511722622 - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-255) and index.
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