'Eating regret and seeing contempt' : a cognitive linguistic approach to the language of emotions in Igala (Nigeria) /

'Eating regret and seeing contempt' : a cognitive linguistic approach to the language of emotions in Igala (Nigeria) /

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Author / Creator:	Brise, Lillian, author.
Imprint:	Frankfurt am Main ; New York : Peter Lang Edition, [2017] ©2017
Description:	xvii, 113 pages ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Duisburger Arbeiten zur Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft, 0934-3709 ; Band 119 = Duisburg papers on research in language and culture ; volume 119 Duisburger Arbeiten zur Sprach- und Kulturwissenschaft ; Bd. 119.
Subject:	Igala language -- Psychological aspects. Igala language -- Semantics. Language and emotions -- Nigeria. Emotive (Linguistics) Emotive (Linguistics) Language and emotions. Nigeria.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11296697

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Varying Form of Title:	Eating regret and seeing contempt
ISBN:	9783631725139 3631725132 9783631726709 3631726708 9783631726716 3631726716 9783631726723 3631726724
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-113).
Summary:	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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Call Number:	PL8272.5 .B75 2017
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