About the editor and contributors

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. About the editor and contributors ix
5. 1. Introduction: The language of memory 1
6. 2. Is "remember" a universal human concept? "Memory" and culture 13
7. 3. Language, memory, and concepts of memory: Semantic diversity and scientific psychology 41
8. 4. Standing up your mind: Remembering in Dalabon 67
9. 5. The conceptualisation of remembering and forgetting in Russian 97
10. 6. A "lexicographic portrait" of forgetting 119
11. 7. 'Memorisation', learning and cultural cognition: The notion of bèi ('auditory memorisation') in the written Chinese tradition 139
12. 8. A corpus-based analysis of German (sich) erinnern 181
13. 9. "Do you remember where you put the key?": The Korean model of remembering 209
14. 10. The language of memory in East Cree 235
15. 11. Remember, remind , and forget in Amharic 263
16. Author index 279
17. Language index 281
18. Subject index 283