Overview

From the perspective of Cognitive Semantics and Conceptual Metaphor Theory, this collection of papers looks at the relationship between language, body, culture, and cognition. In particular, it looks into the embodied nature of human language and cognition as arising from and situated in the cultural environment. The papers in this collection all attempt to demonstrate, from different angles, the language-body connections that may reflect, to some extent, the mind-body connections as manifested in the interaction between the body and the physical and cultural world. They study language in a systematic way as a window into the human mind. As a collection of papers that focuses on the study of Chinese with a comparative viewpoint on English, it sheds light on the bodily basis of human meaning and understanding in particular cultural contexts.

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Author:   Ning Yu (University of Oklahoma)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Weight:   0.580kg
ISBN:  

9789027232632

ISBN 10:   9027232636
Pages:   310
Publication Date:   04 May 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Preface; 2. Section 1. Bodily experience in feeling and thinking; 3. Chapter 1. Metaphorical expressions of anger and happiness in English and Chinese; 4. Chapter 2. Body and emotion: Body parts in Chinese expression of emotion; 5. Chapter 3. Synesthetic metaphor: A cognitive perspective; 6. Chapter 4. Chinese metaphors of thinking; 7. Section 2. External body parts in conceptualization; 8. Chapter 5. The bodily dimension of meaning in Chinese: What do we do and mean with hands ?; 9. Chapter 6. Figurative uses of finger and palm in Chinese and English; 10. Chapter 7. What does our face mean to us?; 11. Chapter 8. The eyes for sight and mind; 12. Chapter 9. Speech organs and linguistic activity and function; 13. Section 3. Internal body organs in conceptualization; 14. Chapter 10. Metaphor, body, and culture: The Chinese understanding of gallbladder and courage; 15. Chapter 11. Heart and cognition in ancient Chinese philosophy; 16. Chapter 12. The Chinese conceptualization of the heart and its cultural context: Implications for second language learning; 17. Index

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