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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 the semantic categories of everyday language, such as the Danish concept of hygge (roughly meaning, 'pleasant togetherness'), the book provides an integrative socio-cognitive framework forâŠ
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This book is about âThe Danish universe of meaning,â or, the view of the world as it is has been captured by Danish words and meanings. The work includes deep semantic analysis of cultural constructs such as hygge, roughly, âpleasant togethernessâ and tryghed, roughly, âsense of security, peace of mind,â as well as cognitive verbs, emotion adjectives, personhood constructs, and rhetorical keywords. But Levisenâs aim is not only to study Danishâat heart, the book is about cultural semantics at large. The aim is to use Danish as a case study and to provide a new model for comparativeâŠ
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