Gebundenes Buch

Embodiment in Cross-Linguistic Studies

The 'Eye'

Beschreibung

The volume explores the body part 'eye' as a source domain in conceptualization and a vehicle of embodied cognition. It includes in-depth case studies of languages situated in different cultural contexts in Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Oceania. It also provides insights into cross-linguistic comparison of conceptualization patterns and semantic extension of the term 'eye' on various target domains. The contributions in the volume present a range of cultural models associated with the visual organ which take into account socio-cultural factors and language usage practices. The book offers new material and novel analyses within the subject of polysemy of body part terms. It also adds to studies on metaphor, metonymy and cultural conceptualizations within a cognitive linguistic paradigm.

Autor

Melike Baş is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Amasya University, Turkey. She received her PhD degree from Hacettepe University in 2015. Her most recent publications include Contemporary Studies in Turkish Semantics (Ed., 2021). Iwona Kraska-Szlenk, Ph.D. (1995), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is Professor at the University of Warsaw. She has recently edited Body Part Terms in Conceptualization and Language Usage (Benjamins, 2020).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brill
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 752g
• ISBN-13: 9789004498587
• ISBN-10: 9004498583
• Artikelnr.: 62355620