Language, culture, and mind : natural constructions and social kinds / Paul Kockelman.

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Kockelman, Paul

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TextSeries: Language, culture, and cognition ; 10.Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 246 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780511712487
0511712480
9780511711893
0511711891
1107206553
9781107206557
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9781283149501
0511713312
9780511713316
9786613149503
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9780511715815
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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Language, culture, and mind.DDC classification:

306.44097281 22

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P35.5.G9 K63 2010eb

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EP 17160
LC 60630

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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.

Review: "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

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-255) and index.

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"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

English.

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