Embodiment in Cross-Linguistic Studies : The ‘Heart’ /

"The book explores the conceptualization of the 'heart' as it is represented in 19 languages, ranging from broadly studied to endangered ones. Being one of the most extensively utilised body part name for figurative usages, it lends itself to rich polysemy and a wide array of metaphor...

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Weitere Titel:
The ‘Heart’
Hauptverfasser:
Kóczy, Judit Baranyiné, Sipőcz, Katalin
Weitere Verfasser:
Kóczy, Judit Baranyiné (HerausgeberIn), Sipőcz, Katalin (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2023.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
"The book explores the conceptualization of the 'heart' as it is represented in 19 languages, ranging from broadly studied to endangered ones. Being one of the most extensively utilised body part name for figurative usages, it lends itself to rich polysemy and a wide array of metaphorical and metonymical meanings. The present book offers a rich selection of papers which observe the lexeme 'heart' from diverse perspectives, employing primarily the frameworks of cognitive and cultural linguistics as well as formal methodologies of lexicology and morphology. The findings are unique and novel contributions to the research of body-part semantics, embodied cognition and metaphor analysis, and in general, the investigation of the interconnectedness of language, culture, cognition and perception about the human body"--
Umfang:
1 online resource (525 pages) : illustrations.
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9789004548640
9004548645
Schlagworte:
Cognition in children.
Language acquisition.
Language Development
Essays.
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