{"product_id":"language-culture-and-mind-natural-constructions-and-social-kinds-9780521516396","title":"Language, Culture, and Mind: Natural Constructions and Social Kinds","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Paul Kockelman\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Linguistics - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on fieldwork carried out in a Mayan village in Guatemala, this book examines local understandings of mind through the lens of language and culture. It focuses on a variety of grammatical structures and discursive practices through which mental states are encoded and social relations are expressed: inalienable possessions, such as body parts and kinship terms; interjections, such as 'ouch' and 'yuck'; complement-taking predicates, such as 'believe' and 'desire'; and grammatical categories such as mood, status and evidentiality. And, more generally, it develops a theoretical framework through which both community-specific and human-general features of mind may be contrasted and compared. It will be of interest to researchers and students working within the disciplines of anthropology, linguistics, psychology, and philosophy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47813536448663,"sku":"9780521516396","price":8777.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780521516396.webp?v=1778336664","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/language-culture-and-mind-natural-constructions-and-social-kinds-9780521516396","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}