Metaphor across time and conceptual space : the interplay of embodiment and cultural models / James J. Mischler, III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mischler, James J., III

Series:

Cognitive linguistic studies in cultural contexts ; v. 3.

Cognitive linguistic studies in cultural contexts (CLSCC), 1879-8047 ; volume 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space and time in language.

Metaphor.

Language and culture.

Cognitive grammar.

Psycholinguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Contemporary linguistic forms are partially the product of their historical antecedents, and the same is true for cognitive conceptualization. The book presents the results of several diachronic corpus studies of conceptual metaphor in a longitudinal and empirical "mixed methods" design, employing both quantitative and qualitative analysis measures; the study design was informed by usage-based theory. The goal was to investigate the interaction over time between conceptualization and cultural models in historical English-speaking society. The main study of two linguistic metaphors of anger spa

Contents:

part I. Theoretical foundations

part II. A macro-study of human emotion in cultural context, A.D. 1500-1990

part III. Micro-studies of emotion : the 19th century

part IV. Conclusions and implications.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789027271808

9027271801

OCLC:

857711541