Introductory comments

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introductory comments ix
5. Part 1. Evidence from Language: Production, Interpretation, and Change
6. Linguistic relativity in speech perception 1
7. Equivalence and mismatch of semantic features 29
8. Can grammar make you feel different? 53
9. Semantic change as linguistic interpretation of the world 71
10. (Micro-)categorization, semantic change, and the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis 91
11. Part 2. Evidence beyond Language: Cognition, Discourse, and Culture
12. Verbalized events 107
13. Universal ontological knowledge and a bias toward language-specific categories in the construal of individuation 139
14. Grammar and social practice 161
15. “S’engager” vs. “to show restraint” 193
16. Grammar and the cult of the virgin 223
17. Subject Index 235
18. Language Index 240