Acknowledgements

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgements ix
4. Lists, tables, maps and pictures xiii
5. Abbreviations xv
6. List 1: Index of languages xvii
7. List 2: African languages mentioned in the present study in discussions of cultural conceptualizations in Jamaican xxi
8. Map 1: African languages mentioned in the present study in discussions of cultural conceptualizations in Jamaican xxiii
9. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
10. Chapter 2. Methods and data 7
11. Chapter 3. Cultural conceptualizations and cognitive linguistics 17
12. Chapter 4. The Jamaican setting 33
13. Chapter 5. Body parts and conceptualizations 85
14. Chapter 6. Serial verb constructions and conceptualizations 133
15. Chapter 7. Kinship, names and conceptualizations of identity 169
16. Chapter 8. Conclusion 211
17. References 215
18. Appendix 235
19. Language Index 239
20. Subject Index 241