ISBN:
9783110199109
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (444 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Applications of Cognitive Linguistics [ACL] v.7
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Organ
;
Fachsprache
;
Diskursanalyse
;
Metapher
;
Human body and language
;
Language and culture
;
Konferenzschrift 2005
Abstract:
The volume makes a significant contribution to the understanding of the intricate relationship between culture, body and language by focusing on conceptualizations of internal body organs in several languages. The studies explore how across various cultures internal body organs such as the heart have been used as the locus of conceptualizing feelings, thinking, knowing, etc. Such conceptualizations appear to be rooted in cultural systems such as ethnomedical and religious traditions. The volume engages with these themes using the analytical tools developed in cognitive linguistics and cognitive anthropology.
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