Embodiment in Cross-Linguistic Studies - The 'Head' (Hardcover, Approx. XII, 272 Pp. ed.)

Embodiment in Cross-Linguistic Studies: The 'Head' edited by Iwona Kraska-Szlenk adds to linguistic studies on embodied cognition and conceptualization while focusing on one body part term from a comparative perspective. The 'head' is investigated as a source domain for extending multiple concepts in various target domains accessed via metaphor or metonymy. The contributions in the volume provide comparative and case studies based on analyses of the first-hand data from languages representing all continents and diversified linguistic groups, including endangered languages of Africa, Australia and Americas. The book offers new reflections on the relationship between embodiment, cultural situatedness and universal tendencies of semantic change. The findings contribute to general research on metaphor, metonymy, and polysemy within a paradigm of cognitive linguistics.

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture, 20
Release date:	March 2019
First published:	2019
Editors:	Iwona Kraska-Szlenk
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	278
Edition:	Approx. XII, 272 Pp. ed.
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-39240-3
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Historical & comparative linguistics > General Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Semantics (meaning) > General Promotions
LSN:	90-04-39240-8
Barcode:	9789004392403

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