Language, Space, and Social Relationships - A Foundational Cultural Model in Polynesia

Informationen zum Autor Giovanni Bennardo is Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Northern Illinois University. Klappentext Discusses the relationship between language and the mental organisation of knowledge, based on research carried out in Polynesia. Zusammenfassung The study of the relationship between language and thought is a rapidly expanding area of enquiry. In this book Giovanni Bennardo discusses the relationship between language and the mental organisation of knowledge! based on the results of a fieldwork project carried out in the Kingdom of Tonga in Polynesia. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. A foundational cultural model in Tongan language, culture, and social relationships; 2. The Kingdom of Tonga: country, people, and language; 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 network; 12. A radial mind.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Giovanni Bennardo, Giovanni (Northern Illinois University) Bennardo
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 14.05.2009
• EAN: 9780521883122
• ISBN: 978-0-521-88312-2
• Pagine: 396
• Serie: Language Culture and Cognition; Language Culture and Cognition; Language, Culture & Cognition
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia teorica