Evidence for Linguistic Relativity

by Niemeier, Susanne; Dirven, Rene; International Conference on Historical Linguistics 1993 University of

• ISBN13: 9781556199769
• ISBN10: 1556199767
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: John Benjamins Pub Co

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Susanne Niemeier
Rene Dirven
Introductory comments	ix
John A. Lucy
Part 1: Evidence from Language: Production, Interpretation, and Change
Linguistic relativity in speech perception: An overview of the influence of language experience on the perception of speech sounds from infancy to adulthood	1	(28)
Ocke-Schwen Bohn
Equivalence and mismatch of semantic features: Collocations in English, Spanish and Dutch	29	(24)
Jan Schroten
Can grammar make you feel different?	53	(18)
Michael Maratsos
Demetra Katis
Annalisa Margheri
Semantic change as linguistic interpretation of the world	71	(20)
Gabor Gyori
(Micro-)categorization, semantic change, and the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis	91	(16)
Richard A. Rhodes
Part 2: Evidence beyond Language: Cognition, Discourse, and Culture
Verbalized events: A dynamic approach to linguistic relativity and determinism	107	(32)
Dan I. Slobin
Universal ontological knowledge and a bias toward language-specific categories in the construal of individuation	139	(22)
Mutsumi Imai
Grammar and social practice: On the role of `culture' in linguistic relativity	161	(32)
Balthasar Bickel
``S'engager'' vs. ``to show restraint'': Linguistic and cultural relativity in discourse management	193	(30)
Bert Peeters
Grammar and the cult of the virgin: A case study of Polish religious discourse	223	(12)
Elzbieta Tabakowska
Subject Index	235	(6)
Language Index	241