Presenting original, detailed studies of keywords of Danish, this book breaks new ground for the study of language and cultural values. Based on evidence from t

Words do not emerge in a cultural vacuum. They are revealing of speakers' values, cognitive preferences and social practices. With an engaging study of Danish c

This study ranges across a wide variety of languages and cultures in an attempt to identify concepts which are truly universal and to explore whether certain wo

Proposes a new empirical model to analyse how humans can express social cognition at different levels of complexity.

This book explores socio-cultural meanings of ‘self’ in the Chinese language through analysing a range of conversations among Chinese immigrants to Australi