Cultural Semantics and Social Cognition

1 - Preface [Seite 9]
2 - Acknowledgments [Seite 11]
3 - Figures and tables [Seite 17]
4 - Conventions and symbols [Seite 19]
5 - Chapter 1. Danish as a universe of meaning [Seite 21]
5.1 - 1.1 Introduction [Seite 21]
5.2 - 1.2 Overview [Seite 24]
5.3 - 1.3 Language and cultural values [Seite 26]
5.4 - 1.4 Danish identity, culture and language [Seite 31]
5.4.1 - 1.4.1 The new concepts dansk 'Danish' and sprog 'language' [Seite 33]
5.4.2 - 1.4.2 Grundtvigianism and the peculiarities of Danish enlightenment [Seite 37]
5.4.3 - 1.4.3 Scandinavian unity and diversity [Seite 40]
5.5 - 1.5 Approaches to Danish cultural values [Seite 44]
5.5.1 - 1.5.1 Parameter-based comparative approaches [Seite 45]
5.5.2 - 1.5.2 Monographs [Seite 48]
5.5.3 - 1.5.3 A critical summary [Seite 54]
5.6 - 1.6 Doing linguistically grounded analysis: Caveats and challenges [Seite 55]
5.6.1 - 1.6.1 Natural language and linguistic corpora [Seite 56]
5.6.2 - 1.6.2 Linguistic and cultural heterogeneity and change [Seite 58]
5.6.3 - 1.6.3 Ethnocentrism [Seite 59]
6 - Chapter 2. The NSM approach to linguistic and cultural analysis: Key issues in contemporary cultural semantics [Seite 62]
6.1 - 2.1 Introduction [Seite 63]
6.2 - 2.2 The NSM metalanguage [Seite 63]
6.2.1 - 2.2.1 Semantic primes [Seite 64]
6.2.2 - 2.2.2 Metalanguage grammar [Seite 67]
6.2.3 - 2.2.3 Issues in Danish NSM [Seite 68]
6.2.4 - 2.2.4 Semantic explications [Seite 74]
6.2.5 - 2.2.5 Semantic templates [Seite 75]
6.2.6 - 2.2.6 Semantic molecules [Seite 79]
6.3 - 2.3 Perspectives and discussion [Seite 81]
6.3.1 - 2.3.1 Conceptual vs. extensional approaches [Seite 81]
6.3.2 - 2.3.2 Reductive paraphrase vs. metaphor mapping [Seite 84]
6.3.3 - 2.3.3 Representational vs. critical perspectives [Seite 86]
6.4 - 2.4 NSM and cultural values [Seite 89]
6.4.1 - 2.4.1 Cultural keywords [Seite 90]
6.4.2 - 2.4.2 Cultural scripts [Seite 95]
6.5 - 2.5 Concluding remarks [Seite 99]
7 - Chapter 3. Roots of Danish sociality: Hygge as a cultural keyword and core cultural value [Seite 100]
7.1 - 3.1 Introduction [Seite 100]
7.2 - 3.2 Rolling together hygge: The limitations of English [Seite 102]
7.3 - 3.3 Hygge in cross-cultural encounters [Seite 105]
7.4 - 3.4 The elaborations of hygge in Danish language [Seite 107]
7.5 - 3.5 The semantics of hygge [Seite 110]
7.5.1 - 3.5.1 Explaining the rise of the verb hygger [Seite 113]
7.5.2 - 3.5.2 Stemning 'atmosphere', a hygge-related word [Seite 116]
7.6 - 3.6 The ethnopragmatics of hygge [Seite 119]
7.6.1 - 3.6.1 Social cognition [Seite 120]
7.6.2 - 3.6.2 Communicative style [Seite 123]
7.6.3 - 3.6.3 Sensation and symbolism [Seite 126]
7.7 - 3.7 How culture-specific is hygge? [Seite 130]
7.8 - 3.8 Concluding remarks [Seite 133]
8 - Chapter 4. "It's all about being tryg": Danish society, socialisation and ethnopsychology [Seite 135]
8.1 - 4.1 Introduction [Seite 135]
8.2 - 4.2 Tryghed as a Danish cultural value [Seite 137]
8.3 - 4.3 The Cardamom Law [Seite 141]
8.4 - 4.4 The semantics of tryg and tryghed [Seite 145]
8.4.1 - 4.4.1 A tryg place [Seite 146]
8.4.2 - 4.4.2 Tryghed vs. security [Seite 150]
8.4.3 - 4.4.3 Feeling tryg [Seite 153]
8.5 - 4.5 Towards a Danish ethnopsychology [Seite 156]
8.5.1 - 4.5.1 The concept of rammer 'frames' [Seite 157]
8.5.2 - 4.5.2 The importance of "overviewability" and "pedagogy" [Seite 159]
8.6 - 4.6 Concluding remarks [Seite 164]
9 - Chapter 5. The dark side of the Danes? A semantic and discursive analysis of janteloven 'the Jante Law' [Seite 165]
9.1 - 5.1 Introduction [Seite 165]
9.2 - 5.2 The literary origin of janteloven [Seite 167]
9.3 - 5.3 Anti-janteloven discourses in contemporary Denmark [Seite 169]
9.4 - 5.4 The semantics of janteloven [Seite 175]
9.5 - 5.5 Janteloven's hidden message of selvværd 'self-worth' [Seite 178]
9.6 - 5.6 Janteloven - a Danish super demon [Seite 182]
9.7 - 5.7 Concluding remarks [Seite 183]
10 - Chapter 6. Danish cognitive values in cross-cultural perspective: Evidence from the cognitive verbs synes and mener [Seite 185]
10.1 - 6.1 Introduction [Seite 185]
10.2 - 6.2 Cognitive verbs and cognitive values [Seite 187]
10.3 - 6.3 The semantics of synes [Seite 190]
10.4 - 6.4 The semantics of mener [Seite 195]
10.5 - 6.5 Danish cognitive values [Seite 200]
10.5.1 - 6.5.1 A cultural script against "telling others what to think" [Seite 202]
10.5.2 - 6.5.2 The value of selvstændig 'independent' thinking [Seite 204]
10.6 - 6.6 Danish cognitive style in cross-cultural comparison [Seite 206]
10.6.1 - 6.6.1 Danish and Russian verbs and values [Seite 206]
10.6.2 - 6.6.2 Danish and Anglo English verbs and values [Seite 209]
10.7 - 6.7 Pedagogical scripts [Seite 212]
10.8 - 6.8 Concluding remarks [Seite 216]
11 - Chapter 7. Are Danes truly the happiest people on earth? Semantics meets "happiness research" [Seite 217]
11.1 - 7.1 Introduction [Seite 217]
11.2 - 7.2"Happiness", meaning and culture [Seite 221]
11.3 - 7.3 Explicating lykkelig, glad, and tilfreds [Seite 225]
11.3.1 - 7.3.1 The lykkelig of intense emotion [Seite 227]
11.3.2 - 7.3.2 The lykkelig of life quality [Seite 230]
11.3.3 - 7.3.3 The semantics of glad [Seite 234]
11.3.4 - 7.3.4 The semantics of tilfreds [Seite 237]
11.4 - 7.4 Comparative, historical and cultural perspectives [Seite 240]
11.5 - 7.5 Cultural semantics vs. "happiness research" [Seite 246]
11.6 - 7.6 Concluding remarks [Seite 248]
12 - Chapter 8. Conclusion [Seite 249]
12.1 - 8.1 Introduction [Seite 249]
12.2 - 8.2 Living with Danish concepts [Seite 250]
12.3 - 8.3 Achievements and implications [Seite 252]
12.4 - 8.4 Suggestions for future research [Seite 254]
12.5 - 8.5 Closing remarks [Seite 256]
13 - Appendix [Seite 258]
14 - Notes [Seite 271]
15 - References [Seite 286]
16 - Author index [Seite 336]
17 - General index [Seite 342]