Infinity in language : conceptualization of the experience of the sublime / by Kenneth Holmqvist and Jarosaw Puciennik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holmqvist, Kenneth, 1964-

Contributor:

Puciennik, Jarosaw.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Semantics.

Semantics--Psychological aspects.

Rhetoric.

Language and languages--Philosophy.

Language and languages.

Genre:

Libros electrónicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., c2008.

Newcastle, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book Infinity in Language is a research monograph on the problem of the sublime in language. The authors use methods from cognitive semantics and poetics in order to thoroughly describe how the sublime is used in language. It is a unique attempt to account for one of the most fascinating problems of the human mind: the concept of infinity, and how the experience of infinity and enthusiasm is expressed in language. The book includes new findings in cognitive semantics relating to rhetoric...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; INSTEAD OF A FINAL CONCLUSION NON-CARTESIAN SEMANTICS AND EMPATHY; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D; REFERENCES AND SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-172) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-03582-7

9786612035821

1-4438-0390-1

OCLC:

823721262