Language Makes a Difference: Breaking the Barrier of Shame

Bert Peeters

doi:10.17951/lsmll.2020.44.1.27-37

Language Makes a Difference: Breaking the Barrier of Shame

Bert Peeters^*

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	27-37
Number of pages	11
Journal	Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature
Volume	44
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.17951/lsmll.2020.44.1.27-37
Publication status	Published - 2020

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