Carsten Levisen
PhD Student , School of Behavioural, Cognitive and Social Sciences
Qualifications
BA (Aarhus), MA (Aarhus)
Contact
| Email: | clevisen@une.edu.au |
| Room: | E11 G13 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3655 (or +61-2-67733655 overseas) |
| Homepage: | http://www-personal.une.edu.au/~clevisen/ |
Research interests
Cultural semantics, sociolinguistics, language and cultural values, language and cognition, language socialisation, intercultural pragmatics, Danish linguistics.
Current Thesis Topic/Program
PhD thesis topic: "The Danish Universe of Meaning: Semantics, Cognition and Cultural Values"
Selected Publications
“The Danish value tryghed “peace of mind”:† Pragmatic manifestations and cultural motivations, for presentation during the 11th lnternational Pragmatics Conference, 13-17 July 2009, Melbourne, Australia (Paper accepted).
“Are Danes truly “the happiest people on earth”: Semantics meets “happiness research.””
Semantic Workshop, Australian National University, Canberra. 21.04.2009
"Praktisk semantisk analyse: Med hverdagens semantik som guide til kulturforstÂelse" [Practical semantic analysis: Understanding culture through the semantics of everyday life]. Guest lecture, Dept. of Linguistics, Aarhus University, Denmark. 20.02.2009
"Hygge, tryg, lige: Sprog, kultur og vÊrdier i det danske betydningsunivers" [Hygge, tryg, lige: Language, culture, and values in the Danish universe of meaning]. Guest lecture, Dept. of Linguistics, Aarhus University, Denmark. 13.02.2009
"Current Issues in NSM Semantics" (with C. Goddard, B. Peeters and Z. Ye) NSM Semantic Workshop, Australian National University, Canberra. 24.09.2008
"The Cardamom Law: Language Socialisation in Scandinavia". Speed paper, Dept. of Linguistics, University of New England, 15.09.2008
"Language and Cognitive Style". Australian Linguistic Institute, Language and Cultural Values, University of Sydney, 10.07.2008
"A Grammar of VelfÊrd "Social Welfare": Explorations in Danish Ethnosyntax". Australian Linguistic Institute, Languages and Cultural Values, Sydney University, 10.07.2008
"The Semantics of Hygge: Identifying a Cultural Key Word in Danish". Australian Linguistic Institute, Languages and Cultural Values, University of Sydney, 10.07.2008
"The Danish Universe of Meaning". Australian Linguistic Institute, Language and Cultural Values, University of Sydney, 10.07.2008
"Thinking in Danish: Cognitive Style and the Semantics of Mental Verbs". Australian Linguistic Society, Annual conference, University of Sydney, 02.07.2008
"The Meaning of Hygge: Explicating a Cultural Key Word in Danish". NSM Semantic Workshop, Australian National University, Canberra. 23.04.2008
"Linguistic Evaluators and the Values in Society: Exploring the Semantics of Cultural Key Words". Research seminar, University of New England, 05.12.2007
"Hjertet, maven og leveren - Mental krops-idiomatik i globalt lingvistisk perspektiv". DANFRAS seminar, University of Copenhagen. 04.10.2005
Other Publications:
Levisen, Carsten (in preparation) “Creating a tryg “secure, trusting” universe: Socialisation in(to) Danish”. In Jock Onn Wong (red.) Child raising practices and cultural scripts.
Levisen, Carsten (2007) “Hoppende mave, sur lever og andre frygtelige f¯lelser: om frygtens sproglige udtryk” [Jumping bellies, sour livers and other terrible feelings. On the linguistic expression of ‘fear’]. In MÂl & mÊle 30(2) p. 7-11.
Teaching
Courses taught or co-taught:
Language and Cultural Values (2008)
English as a World Language (2008)
Danish Language and Culture (2007)
Speech Acts and Language Use (2007)
Introduction to Semantics (2006)