Imprisoned in English argues that in the present English-dominated world, social sciences and the humanities are locked in a conceptual framework grounded in English and that scholars need to break away from this framework to reach a more universal, culture-independent perspective on things human.
Imprisoned in English argues that in the present English-dominated world, social sciences and the humanities are locked in a conceptual framework grounded in English and that scholars need to break away from this framework to reach a more universal, culture-independent perspective on things human.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Professor of Linguistics, Australian National University, and author of Semantics, Culture, and Cognition (1992); Semantics: Primes and Universals (1996): Understanding Cultures Through their Keywords (1997); What did Jesus Mean? (2001), and English: Meaning and Culture (2006)
Inhaltsangabe
* PART I: Every language draws a circle ... * Chapter 1. Introduction: Recognising the contingency of one's own language * Chapter 2. Naming the world or construing the world? * Chapter 3. The givens of human life * Chapter 4. Universal words, semantic atoms and semantic molecules * Chapter 5. Human bodies and human minds: what is visible and what is invisible * PART II: Emotions and values * Chapter 6. Anglo values vs. Human values: Talking about values in a global world * Chapter 7. Human emotions and English words: Are anger and disgust universal? * PART III: 'Politeness' and 'cooperation' * Chapter 8. Talking to other people: 'Politeness' and cultural scripts * Chapter 9. Doing things with other people: 'cooperation', 'interaction' and 'ob?enie' * PART IV: Entering other minds * Chapter 10. Grammar and social cognition: the Hawaiians, the Dalabons, and the Anglos * Chapter 11. Endangered languages, endangered meanings * Chapter 12. Thinking about 'things' in Yucatec and in English * Chapter 13. Chimpanzees and the evolution of human cognition * PART V: Breaking down the walls of the prison * Chapter 14. From ordinary (Anglo) English to Minimal English * PART VI: kindred thinking across disciplines * Preliminary remarks * Chapter 15. Anthropology, Psychology, Psychiatry * Chapter 16. Philosophy, Theology, Politics * Chapter 17. Linguistics: Cognitive and cultural approaches * Chapter 18. Bilingualism, Life writing, Translation * Final remarks * References * Index
* PART I: Every language draws a circle ... * Chapter 1. Introduction: Recognising the contingency of one's own language * Chapter 2. Naming the world or construing the world? * Chapter 3. The givens of human life * Chapter 4. Universal words, semantic atoms and semantic molecules * Chapter 5. Human bodies and human minds: what is visible and what is invisible * PART II: Emotions and values * Chapter 6. Anglo values vs. Human values: Talking about values in a global world * Chapter 7. Human emotions and English words: Are anger and disgust universal? * PART III: 'Politeness' and 'cooperation' * Chapter 8. Talking to other people: 'Politeness' and cultural scripts * Chapter 9. Doing things with other people: 'cooperation', 'interaction' and 'ob?enie' * PART IV: Entering other minds * Chapter 10. Grammar and social cognition: the Hawaiians, the Dalabons, and the Anglos * Chapter 11. Endangered languages, endangered meanings * Chapter 12. Thinking about 'things' in Yucatec and in English * Chapter 13. Chimpanzees and the evolution of human cognition * PART V: Breaking down the walls of the prison * Chapter 14. From ordinary (Anglo) English to Minimal English * PART VI: kindred thinking across disciplines * Preliminary remarks * Chapter 15. Anthropology, Psychology, Psychiatry * Chapter 16. Philosophy, Theology, Politics * Chapter 17. Linguistics: Cognitive and cultural approaches * Chapter 18. Bilingualism, Life writing, Translation * Final remarks * References * Index
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