Cultural semantics and social cognition : a case study on the Danish universe of meaning / by Carsten Levisen

Englisch

Berlin [u.a.] : de Gruyter Mouton, 2012

Armidale

XX, 333 S. : graph. Darst. ; 230 mm x 155 mm

Online-Ausg.: Levisen, Carsten: Cultural Semantics and Social Cognition. - Berlin [u.a.] : Mouton de Gruyter, 2012

Online-Ausg.: Cultural Semantics and Social Cognition. - Berlin [u.a.] : Mouton de Gruyter, 2012. - Online Ressource (XX, 333 S.)

Teilw. zugl.: Armidale, New South Wales, Univ. of New England, Diss., 2011

978-3-11-029460-6

3-11-029466-4

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-3-11-029465-1 (Fernzugriff)

Danish as a universe of meaning. Introduction ; Overview ; Language and cultural values ; Danish identity, culture and language; The 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 -- The NSM approach to linguistic and cultural analysis : key issues in contemporary cultural semantics. Introduction ; The 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 ; The elaborations of hygge in Danish language ; The semantics of hygge; Explaining the rise of the verb hygger; Stemning 'atmosphere', a hygge-related word ; The 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 ; The Cardamom Law ; The semantics of tryg and tryghed; A tryg place; Tryghed vs. security; Feeling tryg ; Towards a Danish ethnopsychology; The concept of rammer 'frames'; The importance of "overviewability" and "pedagogy" ; Concluding remarks -- The dark side of the Danes? A semantic and discursive analysis of janteloven 'the Jante Law'. Introduction ; The literary origin of janteloven ; Anti-janteloven discourses in contemporary Denmark ; The 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 ; The semantics of synes ; The semantics of mener ; Danish cognitive values; A cultural script against "telling others what to think"; The 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; The lykkelig of intense emotion; The lykkelig of life quality; The semantics of glad; The 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.

*978-3-11-029466-8 EUR 149.95 (DE) (freier Pr.), EUR 151.30 (AT) (freier Pr.)

9783110294668

*Dänisch / Kognitive Semantik / Wert / Kultur

*Dänisch / Soziolinguistik / Semantik

*Dänemark / Soziolinguistik / Gesprochene Sprache / Semantik / Kontrastive Semantik

*Danish language -- Semantics -- Psychological aspects ; Danish language -- Social aspects ; Danish language -- Discourse analysis ; Psycholinguistics -- Cross-cultural studies ; Cognitive psychology -- Cross-cultural studies ; Language and culture -- Europe -- Cross-cultural studies

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: PD3585

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 439.8/10143

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 439.810143

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: GW 3200: G Germanistik. Niederlandistik. Skandinavistik / GW-GZ Skandinavistik / Psycholinguistik

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: GW 3210: G Germanistik. Niederlandistik. Skandinavistik / GW-GZ Skandinavistik / Soziolinguistik

Regensburger Verbund-Klassifikation: GW 3215: G Germanistik. Niederlandistik. Skandinavistik / GW-GZ Skandinavistik / Semantik

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