An edition of Cultural semantics and social cognition
(2012)
Cultural semantics and social cognition
a case study on the Danish universe of meaning
by Carsten Levisen
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Cultural semantics and social cognition: a case study on the Danish universe of meaning
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Table of Contents
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.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. [266]-315) and indexes.
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