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Language endangerment : disappearing metaphors and shifting conceptualizations /
Languages and language varieties around the globe have been diminishing at an astonishing rate. Despite great efforts at language documentation, scholarship on metaphors and figurative units--often particularly fragile parts of language--has been largely neglected until recently. This book, like its...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Cognitive linguistic studies in cultural contexts ;
v. 7. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Language Endangerment; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; 1. Introduction; Metaphors in flux ; What's new in this Volume ; About this book ; Future directions for endangered metaphor studies ; References ; 2. Metaphors we die by: Change and vitality in Māori; 1. Introduction ; 1.1 The Māori language ; 1.2 Rituals of encounter ; 2. Research materials ; 3. Results ; 3.1 death is a journey ; 3.2 death is sleep ; 3.3 people are trees ; 3.4 the dead are stars ; 4. Discussion ; Acknowledgements ; References ; 3. Papua New Guinean sweet talk: Metaphors from the domain of taste
- 1. Introduction 2. Taste perception: Physiology and language ; 3. Metaphors from the taste domain in English ; 4. Metaphors from the taste domain in Papua New Guinea ; 4.1 Metaphors from the taste domain in Tok Pisin ; 4.2 Metaphors from the taste domain in Gwahatike ; 4.3 Metaphors from the taste domain in Gadsup ; 4.4 Metaphors from the taste Domain in Tairuma ; 4.5 Metaphors from the taste domain in Guhu Samane ; 4.6 Metaphors from the taste domain in Dawawa ; 4.7 Metaphors from the taste domain in Kamano-Kafe ; 5. Conclusions ; References
- 4. Towards a taxonomy of metaphors of a curtailed language: The case of Waray1. Introduction ; 2. Methodological framework ; 3. Load of the Waray metaphorical vehicles ; 4. Representation of the Waray tenors ; 5. Conclusion and recommendations ; References ; 5. Hot eyes, white stomach: Emotions and character qualities in Safaliba metaphor; 1. Introduction ; 2. The Safaliba in their linguistic and cultural environment ; 3. Safaliba revitalization efforts ; 4. Aspects of Safaliba phonology and grammar ; 5. Safaliba metaphors for emotions and character qualities
- 6. Comparison with metaphorical constructions in other area languages 6.1 Metaphors with eye imagery ; 6.2 Metaphors with stomach and chest imagery ; 6.3 Metaphors with whole-body imagery ; 7. What do these data suggest for "universals" in metaphor? ; References ; 6. Literacy and language instruction: Flathead Salish metaphor and a task-based pedagogy ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Flathead Salish people ; 2.1 Flathead Salish ; 2.2 Flathead reservation immersion education ; 3. Metaphor studies ; 3.1 Montana Salish metaphors ; 4. Task-based language learning and teaching (TBLT)
- 4.1 Sample Salish text 4.2 Flathead Salish metaphors and language learning; 5. Conclusion ; References ; 7. Idioms and proverbs in Bete language and culture; 1. Theoretical framework ; 2. The Bété: language and culture ; 3. Bété metaphors and their aetiology ; 4. Example of Bété idioms and proverbs ; 4.1 Selected idioms and proverbs ; 4.2 The meaning and sense of use of metaphors in Bété ; 5. Conclusion ; References ; 8. Receding idioms in West Danish (Jutlandic); 1. Introduction ; 2. Basics for the investigation ; 2.1 Material ; 2.2 Theoretical background ; 2.3 Rendering of the idioms