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This volume contains papers which provide empirical evidence confirming hypotheses related to linguistic relativity or deal with methological issues of empirical research.

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Author:   Susanne Niemeier (University of Bremen) ,  René Dirven, † (Gerhard Mercator University Duisburg) ,  Gerhard Mercator ,  John A. Lucy
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   198
Weight:   0.625kg
ISBN:  

9789027237057

ISBN 10:   9027237050
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   15 April 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Preface (by Niemeier, Susanne); 2. Introductory comments (by Lucy, John A.); 3. Part 1. Evidence from Language: Production, Interpretation, and Change; 4. Linguistic relativity in speech perception: An overview of the influence of language experience on the perception of speech sounds from infancy to adulthood (by Bohn, Ocke-Schwen); 5. Equivalence and mismatch of semantic features: Collocations in English, Spanish and Dutch (by Schroten, Jan); 6. Can grammar make you feel different? (by Maratsos, Michael); 7. Semantic change as linguistic interpretation of the world (by Gyori, Gabor); 8. (Micro-)categorization, semantic change, and the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis (by Rhodes, Richard A.); 9. Part 2. Evidence beyond Language: Cognition, Discourse, and Culture; 10. Verbalized events: A dynamic approach to linguistic relativity and determinism (by Slobin, Dan I.); 11. Universal ontological knowledge and a bias toward language-specific categories in the construal of individuation (by Imai, Mutsumi); 12. Grammar and social practice: On the role of 'culture' in linguistic relativity (by Bickel, Balthasar); 13. S'engager vs. to show restraint : Linguistic and cultural relativity in discourse management (by Peeters, Bert); 14. Grammar and the cult of the virgin: A case study of Polish religious discourse (by Tabakowska, Elzbieta); 15. Subject Index; 16. Language Index

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Papers in this volume will prove to be of interest because they suggest new ways of approaching the issue of linguistic relativity. -- Zdenek Salzmann, Northern Arizona University

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