Cognitive Linguistics in the Making:

The papers in this book address the most fundamental, currently investigated problems in cognitive linguistics in a wide spectrum of perspectives. Apart from some traditional descriptions of particular metaphors and metonymies, there are analyses of spatio-temporal relations, motion and stillness, i...

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Main Author: Rudnicka-Szozda, Kinga (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Frankfurt am Main Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften 2014
Series:Warsaw Studies in English Language and Literature v.17
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Summary:The papers in this book address the most fundamental, currently investigated problems in cognitive linguistics in a wide spectrum of perspectives. Apart from some traditional descriptions of particular metaphors and metonymies, there are analyses of spatio-temporal relations, motion and stillness, iconicity, force dynamics, as well as subjectivity and objectivity in language. The analyses are based on a number of languages: English, Polish, Russian, German, Lithuanian, Italian and Danish. The essays represent case studies, theoretical analyses as well as practical applications
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Physical Description:1 online resource (374 pages)
ISBN:9783653046540
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