Format:
1 Online-Ressource (321 Seiten)
ISBN:
9789027261663
Series Statement:
Cognitive linguistic studies in cultural contexts volume 12
Content:
The volume focuses on body part terms as the vehicle of embodied cognition and conceptualization. It explores the relationship between universal embodiment, language-specific cultural models and linguistic usage practices. The chapters of the volume add to the previous research in a novel way. The presentation of original data from previously undescribed languages spoken by small communities in Africa and South America allows to discover unknown aspects of embodiment and to propose new interpretations. Well-known languages are analyzed from a new perspective relying on the benefits of linguistic corpora. Contrastive and theoretically oriented studies help to pinpoint similarities and differences among languages, as well as tendencies in conceptualization patterns and semantic development of the lexis of body part terms. The volume contributes to the field of linguistics, but also to cognitive science, anthropology and cultural studies.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789027204806
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Body part terms in conceptualization and language usage Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2020 ISBN 9789027204806
Language:
English
Keywords:
Sprachgebrauch
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Körperteil
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Wortfeld
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Terminologie
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Aufsatzsammlung
Author information:
Kraska-Szlenk, Iwona
