Love and the Danish Worldview
A Cognitive Ethnolinguistic Study of the Concept of Kærlighed ‘Love’ in Danish
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Beschreibung
A quest for the language and culture relative side of love present in the Danish language
Aleksander Kacprzak approaches the concept of love through the lens of the Danish language, providing insight into its language and culture relative side. In addition to providing a cognitively viable account of the concept of kærlighed ‘love’, the author allows the reader to explore broader areas of the Danish worldview, which the concept is inherently connected to, such as marriage, sex, gender parity, parenthood, God, friendship and homeland. Altogether, the dynamic and diverse picture of the concept drawn in the analytic parts of the book challenges the common understanding of linguistic categorization, and compels one to perceive worldviews as an organic whole, in which concepts are inextricably tied to one another and cannot be considered in isolation to the culture in which they are immersed.
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Aleksander Kacprzak
Dr Aleksander Kacprzak is a cognitive ethnolinguist working at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. His research is centered around the question of how each language encompasses a unique model of the world.
Themen in »Love and the Danish Worldview«
Cognitive linguistics Semantics Ethnolinguistics Language and culture Worldview studies Danish language Danish semantics Danish culture Danish worldview Concept of love Emotion concepts in language