RSSBook: The Body in Language
Jul 31
Title: The Body in Language
Subtitle: Comparative Studies of Linguistic Embodiment
Series Title: Brill’s Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture
Publication Year: 2014
Publisher: Brill
http://www.brill.com
Book URL: http://www.brill.com/products/book/body-language
Editor: Matthias Brenzinger
Editor: Iwona Kraska-Szlenk
Hardback: ISBN: 9789004274280 Pages: 396 Price: Europe EURO 126
Hardback: ISBN: 9789004274280 Pages: 396 Price: U.S. $ 163
Abstract:
“The Body in Language: Comparative studies of Linguistic Embodiment” provides new insights into the theory of linguistic embodiment in its universal and cultural aspects. The contributions of the volume offer theoretical reflections on grammaticalization, lexical semantics, philosophy, multimodal communication and – by discussing metaphorization and metonymy in figurative language – on cognitive linguistics in general.
Case studies contribute first-hand data on embodiment from more than 15 languages and present findings on the body in language in diverse cultures from various continents. Embodiment fundamentally underlies human conceptualisation and the present discussions reveal a wide range of target domains in conceptual transfers with the body as the source domain.
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