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

Words do not emerge in a cultural vacuum. They are revealing of speakers' values, cognitive preferences and social practices. With an engaging study of Danish cultural keywords, this book offers a new framework for understanding language-particular universes of meaning and lays the ground for c...

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Main Author: Levisen, Carsten
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, ©2012.
Series:Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 257.
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