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Embodiment in cross-linguistic studies : the 'head'
- Title
- Embodiment in cross-linguistic studies : the 'head' / edited by Iwona Kraska-Szlenk.
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
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- Additional Authors
- Kraska, Iwona
- Description
- xii, 277 pages; 25 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Series Statement
- Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture ; volume 20
- Uniform Title
- Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture ; v. 20.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Embodied lexicon and the 'head' / Iwona Kraska-Szlenk -- 1. 'Head(s)' in Portuguese: the Metaphor in European and Brazilian Portuguese / Aleksandra Wilkos, Mateus Cruz Maciel de Carvalho -- 2. On the Lexeme 'Head' in Zamucoan / Luca Ciucci -- 3. What the Grammaticalization of 'Head' Reveals about the Semantic Structure of a Language? / Zygmunt Frajzyngier -- 4. 'Head' in Some Non-Bantu Languages of the Oriental Province of DR Congo / Helma Pasch -- 5. "Head" as a Link of Embodiment in Chinese / Yongxian Luo -- 6. From Head to Toe: How Languages Extend the Head to Name Body Parts / Kelsie Pattillo -- 7. Metonymic Extensions of the Body Part 'Head' in Mental and Social Domains / Iwona Kraska-Szlenk -- 8. The Conceptualization of HEAD among the Hausa Based on Verbal and Nonverbal Representation / Izabela Will -- 9. Semantics of Amharic ras 'Head' / Abinet Sime -- 10. 'Head' Idioms in Turkish: Contrasts and Correlations / Filiz Mutlu -- Aysel kapan, Ali Yagiz Sen, Hilal Yildirim-Gundogdu, Asli Goksel -- 11. 'He cracked his head feverishly': conceptualizations of head and thinking in Hungarian / Judit Baranyine Koczy -- 12. Semantic Extensions of tatini 'Her Head' and tati 'His Head' in Deni (Arawa) / Mateus Cruz Maciel de Carvalho -- 13. Wulaya 'Head' in Yanyuwa / Alice Gaby, John Bradley -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-5693
- ISBN
- 9789004392403
- 9004392408
- LCCN
- 2018056190
- OCLC
- 1066191355
- Title
- Embodiment in cross-linguistic studies : the 'head' / edited by Iwona Kraska-Szlenk.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture ; volume 20Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture ; v. 20.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Kraska, Iwona, editor.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Embodiment in cross-linguistic studies. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019] 9789004392410 (DLC) 2018059583
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-5693