The Language of Memory in a Crosslinguistic Perspective

Name: The Language of Memory in a Crosslinguistic Perspective
Brand: John Benjamins Publishing Company
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Erschienen am 14. November 2007

XII, 284 Seiten

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The Language of Memory in a Crosslinguistic Perspective
Editorial page
Title page
LCC data
Table of contents
Preface
About the contributors
1. Introduction
Grammar and the lexical semantics of memory
The chapters
References
2. Is "remember" a universal human concept?
1. "Memory" as a psychological construct
2. The Natural Semantic Metalanguage ("NSM")
3. "Memory" as a cultural construct
4. "Voluntary memory" and "involuntary memory"
5. "Remember" - the change in meaning
6. The meaning of some Polish words related to "memory"
7. Conclusion
References
3. Language, memory, and concepts of memory
1. The interdisciplinary study of memory and remembering
2. The psychology of memory: science, history, and linguocentrism
3. Conceptual analysis, experiential remembering, semantics, and cultural elaboration
4. Semantic diversity and the study of memory: some questions and challenges
References
4. Standing up your mind
1. Introduction
2. Memory and the Dalabon language: some basic parameters
3. Memory and stimulus source
4. How distinct are expressions of memory from those for other cognitive activity?
5. Conclusion
Appendix: on defi nition constructions and primitives
Abbreviations in glosses
References
5. The conceptualisation of remembering and forgetting in Russian
1. Introduction
2. The conceptualisation of remembering
3. The conceptualisation of forgetting
4. Concluding remarks
References
6. A "lexicographic portrait" of forgetting
1. Introduction
2. To- complement ( forget to - ) and related NP-complements
3. That- complement ( forget that - ) and related NP-complements
4. Wh- complement ( forget where, what, why , etc.) and related NP-complements
5. Forget about . . .
6. Experiential constructions: Never forget . . ., can't forget . . ., etc.
7. Other specialised meanings
8. Concluding remarks
Appendices
References
7. 'Memorisation,' learning, and cultural cognition
1. The paradox of the Chinese learner and the need for a culture-internal perspective
2. The importance of 'memorisation' in Chinese learning: Illustrations
3. Focusing on b è i - what is it?
4. Why is b è i an emphasised learning practice?
5. Theoretical and methodological implications
Abbreviations
References
Dictionaries
8. A corpus-based analysis of German (sich) erinnern
1. Introduction
2. Prototypical components of REMEMBER
3. Different 'readings' of German erinnern
4. Reflexive form sich erinnern
5. Conclusion
References
9. "Do you remember where you put the key?"
1. Introduction
2. The research method: Natural Semantic Metalanguage theory
3. The Korean model of remembering
4. Concluding remarks
Typographical conventions
Romanisation and Abbreviations in Interlinear Glosses
Corpora used for Korean examples
References
10. The language of memory in East Cree
Introduction
1. Background on East Cree Language and Culture
2. Memory in lexical items
3. Memory in grammatical items
4. Memory in discourse
Conclusion
References
11. Remember, remind, and forget in Amharic
1. Introduction
2. Typological overview
3. Three verbs of memory
4. Polysemy with "thinking" and "knowing"
5. Conclusion
References
Author index
Language index
Subject index
The series Human Cognitive Processing

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