Language, Culture, and Mind : Natural Constructions and Social Kinds Hardback
by Paul (Barnard College, Columbia University) Kockelman
Part of the Language Culture and Cognition series
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Description
Based on fieldwork carried out in a Mayan village in Guatemala, this book examines local understandings 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. And, 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.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:18/02/2010
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- ISBN:9780521516396
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:18/02/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521516396
