Embodiment in cross-linguistic studies : : the 'head' /

Embodiment in cross-linguistic studies : : the 'head' / / edited by Iwona Kraska-Szlenk.

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Embodiment in Cross-Linguistic Studies: The ‘Head’ edited by Iwona Kraska-Szlenk adds to linguistic studies on embodied cognition and conceptualization while focusing on one body part term from a comparative perspective. The ‘head’ is investigated as a source domain for extending multiple concepts i...

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Kraska, Iwona,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2019]
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture 20.
Physical Description:1 online resource (289 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Embodied Lexicon and the ‘Head’ / Iwona Kraska-Szlenk
  • Comparative Studies
  • ‘Head(s)’ in Portuguese: the Metaphor in European and Brazilian Portuguese / Aleksandra Wilkos and Mateus Cruz Maciel de Carvalho
  • On the Lexeme ‘Head’ in Zamucoan / Luca Ciucci
  • What the Grammaticalization of ‘Head’ Reveals about the Semantic Structure of a Language? / Zygmunt Frajzyngier
  • ‘Head’ in Some Non-Bantu Languages of the Oriental Province of DR Congo / Helma Pasch
  • ‘Head’ as a Link of Embodiment in Chinese / Yongxian Luo
  • From Head to Toe: How Languages Extend the Head to Name Body Parts / Kelsie Pattillo
  • Metonymic Extensions of the Body Part ‘Head’ in Mental and Social Domains / Iwona Kraska-Szlenk
  • Case Studies
  • The Conceptualization of HEAD among the Hausa Based on Verbal and Nonverbal Representations / Izabela Will
  • Semantics of Amharic ras ‘Head’ / Abinet Sime
  • ‘Head’ Idioms in Turkish: Contrasts and Correlations / Filiz Mutlu , Aysel Kapan , Ali Yagiz Sen , Hilal Yıldırım-Gündoğdu and Aslı Göksel
  • ‘He Cracked His Head Feverishly’: Conceptualizations of HEAD and THINKING in Hungarian / Judit Baranyiné Kóczy
  • Semantic Extensions of tatini ‘Her Head’ and tati ‘His Head’ in Deni (Arawá) / Mateus Cruz Maciel de Carvalho
  • Wulaya ‘Head’ in Yanyuwa / Alice Gaby and John Bradley.

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