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Author Mischler, James J., III.

Title Metaphor across time and conceptual space : the interplay of embodiment and cultural models / James J. Mischler, III, Northwestern State University of Louisiana.

Publication Info. Amsterdam : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (1 online resource (pages cm)).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Cognitive inguistic Studies In Cultural Contexts ; v. 3
Cognitive inguistic Studies In Cultural Contexts ; v. 3.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Contemporary linguistic forms are partially the product of their historical antecedents, and the same is true for cognitive conceptualization. The book presents the results of several diachronic corpus studies of conceptual metaphor in a longitudinal and empirical "mixed methods" design, employing both quantitative and qualitative analysis measures; the study design was informed by usage-based theory. The goal was to investigate the interaction over time between conceptualization and cultural models in historical English-speaking society. The main study of two linguistic metaphors of anger spa.
Contents Part I. Theoretical foundations -- part II. A macro-study of human emotion in cultural context, A.D. 1500-1990 -- part III. Micro-studies of emotion : the 19th century -- part IV. Conclusions and implications.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Space and time in language.
Space and time in language.
Metaphor.
Metaphor.
Language and culture.
Language and culture.
Cognitive grammar.
Cognitive grammar.
Psycholinguistics.
Psycholinguistics.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
ISBN 9789027271808 (electronic book)
9027271801 (electronic book)
129983468X (electronic book)
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