Figurative language : cross-cultural and cross-linguistic perspectives
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Figurative language : cross-cultural and cross-linguistic perspectives
(Current research in the semantics/pragmatics interface, v. 13)
Elsevier, 2005
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Bibliography: p. [361]-393
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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
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