'Eating Regret and Seeing Contempt' - A Cognitive Linguistic Approach to the Language of Emotions in Igala (Nigeria)
Language: English
Published by Peter Lang, 2017
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Zustand: Hervorragend | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | This book deals with the expression of emotions in Igala ¿ a Nigerian minority language with about two million speakers ¿ from a Cognitive Linguistics perspective. The author investigates the network of the Igala language of emotions using the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) framework as developed by Anna Wierzbicka and her collaborators. The claims of adequacy of NSM in its present form for the analysis of emotion concepts universally will be challenged. This is due to the way emotions are conceptualized in the Igala language and due to the absence of certain semantic primes which are considered necessary for the analysis of emotions.Therefore, this study presents a testing ground for further development of the framework as well as a peek into research in African languages.
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- Title
- 'Eating Regret and Seeing Contempt' - A Cognitive Linguistic Approach to the Language of Emotions in Igala (Nigeria)
- Author
- Brise, Lillian
- Publisher
- Peter Lang
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- Hervorragend
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 3631725132
- ISBN 13
- 9783631725139
- Series
- Book 11 of 16: DASK – Duisburger Arbeiten zur Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft/Duisburg Papers on Research in Language and Culture
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This book deals with the expression of emotions in Igala – a Nigerian minority language with about two million speakers – from a Cognitive Linguistics perspective. The author investigates the network of the Igala language of emotions using the Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) framework as developed by Anna Wierzbicka and her collaborators. The claims of adequacy of NSM in its present form for the analysis of emotion concepts universally will be challenged. This is due to the way emotions are conceptualized in the Igala language and due to the absence of certain semantic primes which are considered necessary for the analysis of emotions.Therefore, this study presents a testing ground for further development of the framework as well as a peek into research in African languages.
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About the Author
Lillian Brise studied English and English Linguistics at the Ahmadu Bello University and the University of Ibadan (Nigeria) respectively. She also received a doctorate degree in Linguistics from the University of Ibadan. Lillian Brise worked as a guest lecturer at the University of Vechta (Germany) and as a researcher and contract lecturer of English Linguistics at the University of Koblenz-Landau (Germany).
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