Embodiment in cross-linguistic studies : the 'face'

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Embodiment in cross-linguistic studies : the 'face'

edited by Kelsie Pattillo, Małgorzata Waśniewska.

(Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture, v. 34)

Brill, c2023

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The 'face' is the most identifiable feature of the human body, yet the way it is entrenched in language and cognition has not previously been explored cross-linguistically. This comparative volume continues the series on embodied cognition and conceptualization with a focus on the human 'face'. Each contribution to this volume presents descriptions and analyses of how languages name the 'face' and utilize metonymy, metaphor, and polysemy to extend the 'face' to overlapping target domains. The contributions include primary and secondary data representing languages originating from around the world. The chapters represent multiple theoretical approaches to describing linguistic embodiment, including cultural, historical, descriptive, and cognitive frameworks. The findings from this diverse set of theoretical approaches and languages contribute to general research in cognitive linguistics, cultural linguistics, and onomastics.

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List of Tables, Diagrams and Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction Kelsie Pattillo and Malgorzata Wasniewska 1 Cross-Linguistic 'Face' Expressions and Extensions Kelsie Pattillo 2 Facts about 'Face' That We Ought to Face Jan Henrik Holst 3 Face in Dene Languages Conor Snoek 4 The Lexeme 'Face' in Languages of Northwestern Papua New Guinea: An Exploratory Study Jose Antonio Jodar Sanchez 5 Synonyms of twarz 'Face' in Polish from a Cognitive-Linguistic Perspective Malgorzata Wasniewska 6 The Concept of 'Face' in Nineteenth-Century Polish Magdalena Derwojedowa and Magdalena Zawislawska 7 Constructions with lice ('Face') in Croatian: Lexico-Grammar and Cultural Models Sanja Kis Zuvela and Jelena Parizoska 8 Framing the Face: The Case of the Italian 'faccia' Maria Zaleska and Giacomo Ferrari 9 The Embodiment of Emotions in Turkish Face Constructions Melike Bas 10 Body Part Extensions with mat 'Face' in Vietnamese Annika Tjuka 11 The Cultural and Linguistic Conceptualizations of yeeso 'Face' in Fulfulde Ahmadu Shehu 12 The Affordances of 'Face' in Dalabon, Gunwinyguan, Non-Paman-Nyungan, Australia Maia Ponsonnet Index

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