Cultural semantics and social cognition
Subtitle: a case study on the Danish universe of meaning
By: by Carsten Levisen
Series: Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs -- 257; Trends in linguistics -- 257.
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Berlin; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9783110294606
Subjects: Danish language; Psycholinguistics; Social aspects; Cognitive psychology; Language and culture; Cross-cultural studies; Discourse analysis; Psychological aspects; Semantics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-315) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Danish as a universe of meaning. -- Introduction ;; title: Overview ;; title: Language and cultural values ;; title: Danish identity, culture and language;; title: The new concepts dansk 'Danish' and sprog 'language';; title: Grundtvigianism and the peculiarities of Danish enlightenment;; title: Scandinavian unity and diversity ;; title: Approaches to Danish cultural values;; title: Parameter-based comparative approaches;; title: Monographs;; title: A critical summary ;; title: Doing linguistically grounded analysis : caveats and challenges;; title: Natural language and linguistic corpora;; title: Linguistic and cultural heterogeneity and change;; title: Ethnocentrism --; title: The NSM approach to linguistic and cultural analysis : key issues in contemporary cultural semantics. -- Introduction ;; title: The NSM metalanguage;; title: Semantic primes;; title: Metalanguage grammar;; title: lssues in Danish NSM;; title: Semantic explications;; title: Semantic templates;; title: Semantic molecules ;; title: Perspectives and discussion;; title: Conceptual vs. extensional approaches;; title: Reductive paraphrase vs. metaphor mapping;; title: Representational vs. critical perspectives ;; title: NSM and cultural values;; title: Cultural keywords;; title: Cultural Scripts ;; title: Concluding remarks --; title: Roots of Danish sociality : Hygge as a cultural keyword and core cultural value. -- Introduction ;; title: Rolling together hygge : the limitations of English ;; title: Hygge in cross-cultural encounters ;; title: The elaborations of hygge in Danish language ;; title: The semantics of hygge;; title: Explaining the rise of the verb hygger;; title: Stemning 'atmosphere', a hygge-related word ;; title: The ethnopragmatics of hygge;; title: Social cognition;; title: Communicative style;; title: Sensation and symbolism ;; title: How culture-specific is hygge? ;; title: Concluding remarks --; title: "Its all about being tryg" : Danish society, socialisation and ethnopsychology. -- Introduction ;; title: Tryghed as a Danish cultural value ;; title: The Cardamom Law ;; title: The semantics of tryg and tryghed;; title: A tryg place;; title: Tryghed vs. security;; title: Feeling tryg ;; title: Towards a Danish ethnopsychology;; title: The concept of rammer 'frames';; title: The importance of "overviewability" and "pedagogy" ;; title: Concluding remarks --; title: The dark side of the Danes? A semantic and discursive analysis of janteloven 'the Jante Law'. -- Introduction ;; title: The literary origin of janteloven ;; title: Anti-janteloven discourses in contemporary Denmark ;; title: The semantics of janteloven ;; title: Janteloven's hidden message of selvværd 'self worth' ;; title: Janteloven : a Danish super demon ;; title: Concluding remarks --; title: Danish cognitive values in cross-cultural perspective : evidence from the cognitive verbs synes and mener. -- Introduction ;; title: Cognitive verbs and cognitive values ;; title: The semantics of synes ;; title: The semantics of mener ;; title: Danish cognitive values;; title: A cultural script against "telling others what to think";; title: The value of selvstændig 'independent' thinking ;; title: Danish cognitive style in cross-cultural comparison;; title: Danish and Russian verbs and values;; title: Danish and Anglo English verbs and values ;; title: Pedagogical scripts ;; title: Concluding remarks --; title: Are Danes truly the happiest people on earth? Semantics meets "happiness research". -- Introduction ;; title: "Happiness", meaning and culture ;; title: Explicating lykkelig, glad, and tilfreds;; title: The lykkelig of intense emotion;; title: The lykkelig of life quality;; title: The semantics of glad;; title: The semantics of tilfreds ;; title: Comparative, historical and cultural perspectives ;; title: Cultural semantics vs. "happiness research" ;; title: Concluding remarks --; title: Conclusion ; -- Introduction ;; title: Living with Danish concepts ;; title: Achievements and implications ;; title: Suggestions for future research ;; title: Closing remarks ;-- Appendix ;-- Notes ;-- References ;-- Author index ;-- General index.