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