Figurative Language : : Cross-Cultural and Cross-Linguistic Perspectives /

Figurative Language : : Cross-Cultural and Cross-Linguistic Perspectives / / Dmitrij Dobrovol'skij, Elisabeth Piirainen.

The book develops a Theory of the Figurative Lexicon. Units of the figurative lexicon (conventional figurative units, CFUs for short) differ from all other elements of the language in two points: Firstly, they are conventionalized. That is, they are elements of the mental lexicon – in contrast to fr...

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Dobrovol'skij, Dmitrij,
Piirainen, Elisabeth,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2021]
©2022
Year of Publication:2021
Edition:2nd, rev.and updated ed.
Language:English
Series:Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , 350
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XVI, 487 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • 1 General issues
  • 2 Conventional figurative language and phraseology
  • 3 On the cross-linguistic equivalence of idioms
  • 4 Motivation of conventional figurative units
  • 5 “False friends” and paronyms
  • 6 The Cognitive Theory of Metaphor
  • 7 Idioms of Fear: A cognitive approach
  • 8 Cognitive modelling of figurative semantics
  • 9 Specific frames: The concept House in language and culture
  • 10 Culture and figurative language
  • 11 Cultural symbolism in figurative language
  • 12 Numeral words and number symbols in culture and language: Case studies
  • 13 Animal metaphors and animal symbols: Case studies
  • 14 Conclusions
  • References
  • Abbreviations
  • Subject index

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