Studies in Ethnopragmatics, Cultural Semantics, and Intercultural Communication

This book is the second in a three-volume set that celebrates the career and achievements of Cliff Goddard, a pioneer of the Natural Semantic Metalanguage approach in linguistics. It focuses on meaning and culture, with sections on "Words as Carriers

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Studies in Ethnopragmatics, Cultural Semantics, and Intercultural Communication Meaning and Culture

Studies in Ethnopragmatics, Cultural Semantics, and Intercultural Communication

Bert Peeters Kerry Mullan Lauren Sadow •



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Studies in Ethnopragmatics, Cultural Semantics, and Intercultural Communication Meaning and Culture

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Editors Bert Peeters Australian National University Canberra, ACT, Australia

Kerry Mullan RMIT University Melbourne, VIC, Australia

Lauren Sadow Australian National University Canberra, ACT, Australia

ISBN 978-981-32-9974-0 ISBN 978-981-32-9975-7 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9975-7

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Dedicated to our good friend and colleague Cliff Goddard

Contents

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Culture Is Everywhere! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bert Peeters

Part I 2

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Words as Carriers of Cultural Meaning

In Staunch Pursuit: The Semantics of the Japanese Terms Shūkatsu ‘Job Hunting’ and Konkatsu ‘Marriage Partner Hunting’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yuko Asano-Cavanagh and Gian Marco Farese

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Cultural Keywords in Porteño Spanish: Viveza Criolla, Vivo and Boludo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan Hein

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The “Aussie” Bogan: An Occasioned Semantics Analysis . . . . . . . . Roslyn Rowen

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The Comfort of Home as an Ethical Value in Mike Packer’s Inheritance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stella Butter and Zuzanna Bułat Silva

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Common Akan In