Figurative language : cross-cultural and cross-linguistic perspectives

Author(s)

• Dobrovolʹskij, Dmitrij
• Piirainen, Elisabeth

Bibliographic Information

Figurative language : cross-cultural and cross-linguistic perspectives

Dmitrij Dobrovol'skij, Elisabeth Piirainen

（Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface, v. 13）

Elsevier, 2005

Note

Bibliography: p. [361]-393

Includes indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The aim of this study is to discover basic principles underlying linguistic figurativeness and to develop a theory that is capable of capturing conventional figurative language (referred to as CFLT - Conventional Figurative Language Theory). This study analyses idioms, proverbs, lexicalised metaphors, and figurative compounds, drawn from ten standard languages.

Table of Contents

General Issues Conventional Figurative Language and Phraseology On the Cross-Linguistic Equivalence of Idioms Motivation of Conventional Figurative Units "False Friends" and Paronyms The Cognitive Theory of the Metaphor Idioms of Fear: A Cognitive Approach Cognitive Modelling of Figurative Semantics Specific Frames: The Concept House in Language and Culture Culture and Figurative Language Cultural Symbolism in Figurative Language Numeral Words and Number Symbols in Culture and Language: Case Studies Animal Metaphors and Animal Symbols: Case Studies Conclusions References

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Details

• NCID: BA71849906
• ISBN:
  • 0080438709
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Amsterdam ; Oxford ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 419 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC10 : 801.04
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Psycholinguistics
  • LCSH : Figures of speech
  • LCSH : Figures of speech -- Cross-cultural studies
  • LCSH : Culture -- Semiotic models
  • LCSH : Culture -- Cross-cultural studies -- Semiotic models
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA42102066