Metaphor and emotion : language, culture, and body in human feeling /

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Many researchers claim that emotions arise either from human biology (i.e., biological reductionism) or as products of culture (i.e., social constructionism). This book challenges this division between the body and culture by showing how human emotions are to a large extent 'constructed' f...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kövecses, Zoltán
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Paris : Cambridge University Press ; Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'homme, 2000.
Series:Studies in emotion and social interaction.
Subjects:
Language and emotions.
Emotions and cognition.
Emotions > Sociological aspects.
Langage et émotions.
Émotions et cognition.
Émotions > Aspect sociologique.
PSYCHOLOGY > Emotions.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Death, Grief, Bereavement.
Emotions and cognition
Emotions > Sociological aspects
Language and emotions
Gefühl
Sprache
Psycholinguistik
Emoties.
Metaforen.
Culturele verschillen.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Language and emotion concepts
  • Metaphor of emotion
  • Emotion metaphors: are they unique to the emotions?
  • Events and emotions: the subcategorization of emotions
  • The force of emotion
  • Emotions and relationships
  • Folk versus expert theories of emotion
  • Universality in the conceptualization of emotion
  • Cultural variation in the conceptualization of emotion
  • Emotion language: a new synthesis.

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