7. Semantic primes and cultural scripts in language learning and intercultural communication
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Cliff Goddard
Abstract
Because meaning is fundamental to language and culture, a practical technique for describing meanings and transposing them across languages has multiple practical applications. This chapter demonstrates several applications of the NSM approach to semantics: as a guide to core vocabulary in the early L2 syllabus, as a means of writing cultural scripts and interpreting cultural key words for language learners, and as the basis for a culture-neutral international auxiliary language. Illustrative material is drawn from English, Russian, and Korean.
Abstract
Because meaning is fundamental to language and culture, a practical technique for describing meanings and transposing them across languages has multiple practical applications. This chapter demonstrates several applications of the NSM approach to semantics: as a guide to core vocabulary in the early L2 syllabus, as a means of writing cultural scripts and interpreting cultural key words for language learners, and as the basis for a culture-neutral international auxiliary language. Illustrative material is drawn from English, Russian, and Korean.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- About the editors ix
- About the contributors xi
- 1. Applied cultural linguistics 1
- 2. Using cultural linguistics to teach English language inferential schemas used in archaeology to Japanese university students 15
- 3. L1 cultural conceptualisations in L2 learning 33
- 4. Cultural linguistics and bidialectal education 53
- 5. The Chinese conceptualization of the heart and its cultural context 65
- 6. The embodiment of fear expressions in Tunisian Arabic 87
- 7. Semantic primes and cultural scripts in language learning and intercultural communication 105
- 8. Culture-specific conceptualisations of corruption in African English 125
- Index 169
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgements vii
- About the editors ix
- About the contributors xi
- 1. Applied cultural linguistics 1
- 2. Using cultural linguistics to teach English language inferential schemas used in archaeology to Japanese university students 15
- 3. L1 cultural conceptualisations in L2 learning 33
- 4. Cultural linguistics and bidialectal education 53
- 5. The Chinese conceptualization of the heart and its cultural context 65
- 6. The embodiment of fear expressions in Tunisian Arabic 87
- 7. Semantic primes and cultural scripts in language learning and intercultural communication 105
- 8. Culture-specific conceptualisations of corruption in African English 125
- Index 169
