Language, Culture, and Mind: Natural Constructions and Social Kinds

Based on fieldwork carried out in a Mayan village in Guatemala, this book examines local understandings of mind through the lens of language and culture. It focuses on a variety of grammatical structures and discursive practices through which mental states are encoded and social relations are expressed: inalienable possessions, such as body parts and kinship terms; interjections, such as 'ouch' and 'yuck'; complement-taking predicates, such as 'believe' and 'desire'; and grammatical categories such as mood, status and evidentiality. And, more generally, it develops a theoretical framework through which both community-specific and human-general features of mind may be contrasted and compared. It will be of interest to researchers and students working within the disciplines of anthropology, linguistics, psychology, and philosophy.

Author: Paul Kockelman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 04/17/2014
Pages: 258
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d
ISBN: 9781107689022

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

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