Embodiment via body parts : studies from various languages and cultures / edited by Zouhair Maalej, Ning Yu.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maalej, Zouheir A.

Yu, Ning.

Series:

Human cognitive processing ; v. 31.

Human cognitive processing ; v. 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and culture.

Human body and language.

Language and languages--Variation.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

vi, 258 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Research on the "embodiment hypothesis" within cognitive linguistics and beyond is growing steadily aiming to bridge language, culture, and cognition. This volume seeks to address the question regarding what specific roles individual body parts play in the embodied conceptualization of emotions, mental faculties, character traits, cultural values, and so on in various cultures, as manifested in their respective languages. It brings together some linguistic evidence that sheds light on the embodied nature of human cognition from languages as diverse as Arabic, Chinese, Danish, English, Estonian, German, Greek, Indonesian, Japanese, Persian, Spanish, and Turkish. The studies in this volume also show how embodiment is mediated in those languages through such cognitive mechanisms as metonymy and metaphor.

Contents:

pt. 1. European perspectives

pt. 2. East Asian perspectives

pt. 3. Middle Eastern and North African perspectives.

Notes:

This volume is based on the theme session titled 'Embodiment via Body Parts', organized by Zouheir Maalej, Farzad Sharifian, and Ning Yu at the 10th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference held in Krakow, Poland, in July 2007.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613234445

9789027285133

9027285136

9781283234443

1283234440

OCLC:

747409551