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Event structure metaphors through the body : translation from English to American Sign Language /
"How do the experiences of people who have different bodies (deaf versus hearing) shape their thoughts and metaphors? Do different linguistic modes of expression (signed versus spoken) have a shaping force as well? This book investigates the metaphorical production of culturally-Deaf translator...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
[2018]
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| Colección: | Figurative thought and language (FTL),
volume 4 |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Translating metaphor through the body : changing expressions, changing thoughts
- Event structure metaphors : conceptualizing events through bodily experience
- A body of bodily expressions : a corpus-based description of metaphor translation
- Arriving : understanding events in terms of bodies in locations
- Obtaining : understanding events in terms of bodies possessing objects
- Releasing : understanding events in terms of bodies as containers
- Summary of translating event structure metaphors through the body
- Conclusion : different bodies, different metaphor preferences?