Studies in ethnopragmatics, cultural semantics, and intercultural communication : meaning and culture /: meaning and culture. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Meaning and culture
• Further Information: Note: Bert Peeters, Kerry Mullan, Lauren Sadow, editors.
• Editors: Peeters, Bert, 1960-; Mullan, Kerry; Sadow, Lauren
• Contents: Words as Carriers of Cultural Meaning.- 'There is no sex in the Soviet Union': from sex to seks.- When value words cross cultural borders: English tolerance vs. Russian tolerantnost'.-The 'Aussie' bogan: towards a lexical semantic analysis.- Exploring the non-religious meanings of heaven and hell in English, Arabic, and Hebrew.- 'Brother' and 'sister' in Ghanaian English.- Cultural keywords in Buenos Aires: the semantics of viveza criolla, vivo, and boludo in Porteño Spanish.- 'Being actively engaged' in Japan: the cultural semantics of katsu (活) compound words.- Bwénaado: An ethnolexicological study of a culturally salient word in Cèmuhi (New Caledonia).- The semantics and pragmatics of three potential slurring terms.- How to be nice with words: positive appraisal in online news comments.- 'Swear Words' and 'Nice Words'.- The semantics of Akan insults in online interactions on GhanaWeb.- Words for things unseen: semantic resilience and change in NSW coastal languages.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 225 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 306.442; Language and culture; Semantics; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789813299757; 9813299754
• Related ISBNs: 9789813299740
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 30, 2019).
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