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1 online resource (x, 431 pages) : illustrations |
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Applications of cognitive linguistics, 1861-4078 ; 7 |
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Applications of cognitive linguistics ; 7. 1861-4078
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Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- List of contributors -- A. Introduction -- Culture and language: Looking for the "mind" inside -- the body -- B. Abdomen-centering conceptualizations -- Gut feelings: Locating intellect, emotionand -- lifeforce in the Thaayorre body -- Did he break your heart or your liver? A -- contrastive study on metaphorical concepts from the source domain ORGAN -- in English and in Indonesian -- Contrastive semantics and cultural -- psychology:English heart vs. Malay hati -- Guts, heart and liver: The conceptualization of -- internal organs in Basque -- C. Holistic heart-centering -- conceptualizations -- The Chinese heart as the central faculty of -- cognition -- The heart -- What it means to the Japanese -- speakers -- How to have a HEART in Japanese -- The Korean conceptualization of heart: An -- indigenous perspective -- D. Dualistic heart/head-centering -- conceptualizations -- Conceptualizations of del 'heart-stomach' in -- Persian -- Expressions concerning the heart (libbā) in -- Northeastern Neo-Aramaic in relation to a Classical Syriac model of the -- temperaments -- Hearts and (angry) minds in Old English -- To be in control: kind-hearted and cool-headed. The -- head-heart dichotomy in English -- The heart as a source of semiosis: The case of -- Dutch -- The heart and cultural embodiment in Tunisian -- Arabic -- Backmatter |
| Summary |
One of the central themes in cognitive linguistics is the uniquely human development of some higher potential called the "mind" and, more particularly, the intertwining of body and mind, which has come to be known as embodiment. Several books and volumes have explored this theme in length. However, the interaction between culture, body and language has not received the due attention that it deserves. Naturally, any serious exploration of the interface between body, language and culture would require an analytical tool that would capture the ways in which different cultural groups con |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Language and culture.
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Human body and language.
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Culture.
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Philology
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Culture
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Human Body
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philology.
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culture note.
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culture (concept)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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Culture
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Human body and language
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Language and culture
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Organen (biologie)
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Beeldspraak.
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Organ
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Fachsprache
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Diskursanalyse
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Metapher
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Language and culture.
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Human body and language.
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Språk och samhälle.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Sharifian, Farzad.
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| LC no. |
2008030011 |
| ISBN |
9783110199109 |
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3110199106 |
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1283396610 |
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9781283396615 |
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