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Culture, body, and language : conceptualizations of internal body organs across cultures and languages /

One of the central themes in cognitive linguistics is the uniquely human development of some higher potential called the "mind" and, more particularly, the intertwining of body and mind, which has come to be known as embodiment. Several books and volumes have explored this theme in length....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Sharifian, Farzad
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2008.
Colección:Applications of cognitive linguistics ; 7.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:One of the central themes in cognitive linguistics is the uniquely human development of some higher potential called the "mind" and, more particularly, the intertwining of body and mind, which has come to be known as embodiment. Several books and volumes have explored this theme in length. However, the interaction between culture, body and language has not received the due attention that it deserves. Naturally, any serious exploration of the interface between body, language and culture would require an analytical tool that would capture the ways in which different cultural groups con.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (x, 431 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9783110199109
3110199106
1283396610
9781283396615
ISSN:1861-4078 ;