Tastes we live by : the linguistic conceptualisation of taste in English / Marco Bagli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bagli, Marco, author.

Series:

Applications of cognitive linguistics ; Volume 50.

Applications of cognitive linguistics ; Volume 50

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cognitive grammar.

Vocabulary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (236 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2021]

Summary:

Honorary editor: René Dirven The series Applications of Cognitive Linguistics (ACL) welcomes book proposals from any domain where the theoretical insights developed in Cognitive Linguistics (CL) have been (or could be) fruitfully applied. In the past thirty-five years, the CL movement has articulated a rich and satisfying view of language around a small number of foundational principles. The first one argues that language faculties do not constitute a separate module of cognition, but emerge as specialized uses of more general cognitive abilities. The second principle emphasises the symbolic function of language. The grammar of individual languages (including the lexicon, morphology, and syntax) can be exclusively described as a structured inventory of conventionalized symbolic units. The third principle states that meaning is equated with conceptualization. It is subjective, anthropomorphic, and crucially incorporates humans' experience with their bodies and the world around them. Finally, CL's Usage-Based conception anchors the meaning of linguistic expressions in the rich soil of their social usage. Consequently, usage-related issues such as frequency and entrenchment contribute to their semantic import. Taken together, these principles provide researchers in different academic fields with a powerful theoretical framework for the investigation of linguistic issues in the specific context of their particular disciplines. The primary focus of ACL is to serve as a high level forum for the result of these investigations.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Acknowledgements

Contents

1 Introduction and theoretical tenets

2 Taste

3 The words of taste

4 The semantic domain of TASTE in English

5 The multisensory lexicon of taste

6 Categorisation patterns

7 The taste of words

8 The taste of words today

9 Intrafield metaphors

10 Conclusions

References

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9783110626865

3110626861

9783110630404

3110630400

OCLC:

1280944808