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Culture, Body, and Language: Conceptualizations of Internal Body Organs across Cultures and Languages: 7
Author(s): Susanne Niemeier (Editor), René Dirven (Editor), Ning Yu (Editor)
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Publication Date: 3 July 2017
- Language: English
- Print length: 444 pages
- ISBN-10: 3110196220
- ISBN-13: 9783110196221
Book Description
The volume makes a significant contribution to the understanding of the intricate relationship between culture, body and language by focusing on conceptualizations of internal body organs in several languages. The studies explore how across various cultures internal body organs such as the heart have been used as the locus of conceptualizing feelings, thinking, knowing, etc. Such conceptualizations appear to be rooted in cultural systems such as ethnomedical and religious traditions. The volume engages with these themes using the analytical tools developed in cognitive linguistics and cognitive anthropology.
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About the Author
Farzad Sharifian, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; René Dirven, University of Duisburg, Germany; Ning Yu, University of Oklahoma, USA; Susanne Niemeier, Univeristät Koblenz-Landau, Germany.
