Paul Kockelman

Language, Culture, and Mind

Natural Constructions and Social Kinds

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines how social relationships are developed and maintained through language.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 156mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 528g
• ISBN-13: 9780521516396
• ISBN-10: 0521516390
• Artikelnr.: 28529154

Autorenporträt

Paul Kockelman is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Barnard College, Columbia University.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Language, culture, mind: emblems of the status human
2. Inalienable possessions: what hearts, mothers, and shadows have in common
3. Interclausal relations: how to enclose a mind by disclosing a sign
4. Myths about time and theories of mind: why the moon married the sun
5. Other minds and possible worlds: when psychological depth is dialogical breadth
6. Interjections: why the center of emotion is at the edge of language
7. Conclusion: natural constructions and social kinds.