Language Makes a Difference: Breaking the Barrier of Shame
Language Makes a Difference: Breaking the Barrier of Shame
Author(s): Bert PeetersSubject(s): Anthropology, Language studies, Lexis, Semantics, Historical Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Cognitive linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: shame/ashamed; Natural Semantic Metalanguage; English; Australian Aboriginal English; Bislama;
Summary/Abstract: This paper argues against the reification of shame and the use of Anglocentric jargon to explain what it entails. It shows how the Natural Semantic Metalanguage can be used to define shame and set it apart from related concepts in Australian Aboriginal English and in Bislama, an English creole spoken in Vanuatu.
Journal: Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature
- Issue Year: 44/2020
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 27-37
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English