Embodiment in Cross-linguistic Studies

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Embodiment in Cross-linguistic Studies is written by Iwona Kraska-Szlenk and published by Brill's Studies in Language, C. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004392408 (ISBN 10) and 9789004392403 (ISBN 13).

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 in various target domains accessed via metaphor or metonymy. The contributions in the volume provide comparative and case studies based on analyses of the first-hand data from languages representing all continents and diversified linguistic groups, including endangered languages of Africa, Australia and Americas. The book offers new reflections on the relationship between embodiment, cultural situatedness and universal tendencies of semantic change. The findings contribute to general research on metaphor, metonymy, and polysemy within a paradigm of cognitive linguistics.