ISBN:
0521883121
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9780521883122
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxiii, 371 p)
,
ill., maps
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Language, culture and cognition 9
Parallel Title:
Print version Language, Space, and Social Relationships : A Foundational Cultural Model in Polynesia
DDC:
306.440996
Keywords:
Space and time in language
;
Cognition and culture
;
Psycholinguistics
;
Tongan language Psychological aspects
;
Sociolinguistics
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Tongan language Social aspects
;
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Abstract:
Discusses the relationship between language and the mental organisation of knowledge, based on research carried out in Polynesia
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1 A foundational cultural model in Tongan language, culture, and social relationships; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Why Tonga?; 1.3 The architecture of the mind and its internal working structure; 1.4 A blended approach to cognition; 1.5 Cultural models; 1.6 A foundational cultural model; 1.7 Polynesian selves and cognition; 1.8 Methodological issues; 1.9 Synopsis; 2 The Kingdom of Tonga: country, people, and language; 2.1 Where is Tonga?; 2.2 Tongan society and culture
Description / Table of Contents:
2.3 Tongan language2.4 Three major field sites; Part I Space in Tongan language, culture, and cognition; 3 Space in Tongan language; 4 Space in Tongan cognition; 5 Tongan culture and space; Part II Radiality; 6 The radiality hypothesis; 7 Radiality in possession and time; 8 Radiality and the Tongan kinship terminology; Part III Radiality in social relationships; 9 Radiality and speech about social relationships; 10 Radiality and mental representations of social relationships; 11 Radiality in social networks; 12 A radial mind; References; Author Index; Subject Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-364) and indexes
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https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511581458
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