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Languages of Sentiment

Cultural Constructions of Emotional Substrates

Languages of Sentiment( )
Editor: Palmer, Gary B.
Occhi, Debra J.
Series title:Advances in Consciousness Research Ser.
ISBN:978-1-55619-434-4
Publication Date:Jan 1999
Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Company
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:AUD $76.95
Book Description:

Working from Radcliffe-Brown's landmark concept of social sentiments, anthropologists and linguists examine pragmatic and cognitive dimensions of emotion-language in several societies. Introductory and concluding chapters devote special attention to emotional consciousness. Chapters cover language primordialism in Tamil (Harold Schiffman), the erasure of lamentation in Bangla in favor of referential language praxis (James Wilce), women's discourse in Java that creates dignity by...
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Book Details
Pages:279
Detailed Subjects: Psychology / Emotions
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):16 x 24 cm
Book Weight:0.44 Kilograms



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