The Language of Memory in a Crosslinguistic Perspective -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Preface -- About the contributors -- 1. Introduction -- Grammar and the lexical semantics of memory -- The chapters -- References -- 2. Is "remember" a universal human concept? -- 1. "Memory" as a psychological construct -- 2. The Natural Semantic Metalanguage ("NSM") -- 3. "Memory" as a cultural construct -- 4. "Voluntary memory" and "involuntary memory" -- 5. "Remember" - the change in meaning -- 6. The meaning of some Polish words related to "memory" -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- 3. Language, memory, and concepts of memory -- 1. The interdisciplinary study of memory and remembering -- 2. The psychology of memory: science, history, and linguocentrism -- 3. Conceptual analysis, experiential remembering, semantics, and cultural elaboration -- 4. Semantic diversity and the study of memory: some questions and challenges -- References -- 4. Standing up your mind -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Memory and the Dalabon language: some basic parameters -- 3. Memory and stimulus source -- 4. How distinct are expressions of memory from those for other cognitive activity? -- 5. Conclusion -- Appendix: on defi nition constructions and primitives -- Abbreviations in glosses -- References -- 5. The conceptualisation of remembering and forgetting in Russian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The conceptualisation of remembering -- 3. The conceptualisation of forgetting -- 4. Concluding remarks -- References -- 6. A "lexicographic portrait" of forgetting -- 1. Introduction -- 2. To- complement ( forget to - ) and related NP-complements -- 3. That- complement ( forget that - ) and related NP-complements -- 4. Wh- complement ( forget where, what, why , etc.) and related NP-complements -- 5. Forget about . . .

6. Experiential constructions: Never forget . . ., can't forget . . ., etc. -- 7. Other specialised meanings -- 8. Concluding remarks -- Appendices -- References -- 7. 'Memorisation,' learning, and cultural cognition -- 1. The paradox of the Chinese learner and the need for a culture-internal perspective -- 2. The importance of 'memorisation' in Chinese learning: Illustrations -- 3. Focusing on b è i - what is it? -- 4. Why is b è i an emphasised learning practice? -- 5. Theoretical and methodological implications -- Abbreviations -- References -- Dictionaries -- 8. A corpus-based analysis of German (sich) erinnern -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Prototypical components of REMEMBER -- 3. Different 'readings' of German erinnern -- 4. Reflexive form sich erinnern -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- 9. "Do you remember where you put the key?" -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The research method: Natural Semantic Metalanguage theory -- 3. The Korean model of remembering -- 4. Concluding remarks -- Typographical conventions -- Romanisation and Abbreviations in Interlinear Glosses -- Corpora used for Korean examples -- References -- 10. The language of memory in East Cree -- Introduction -- 1. Background on East Cree Language and Culture -- 2. Memory in lexical items -- 3. Memory in grammatical items -- 4. Memory in discourse -- Conclusion -- References -- 11. Remember, remind, and forget in Amharic -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Typological overview -- 3. Three verbs of memory -- 4. Polysemy with "thinking" and "knowing" -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Author index -- Language index -- Subject index -- The series Human Cognitive Processing.