Cognitive Linguistics between Universality and Variation.:

"This volume takes up the challenge of assessing the present state of Cognitive Linguistics on the cutting edge between universality and variability. Claims of universality have never been explicitly articulated by cognitive linguists but studies on embodiment, motivation and cognitive processe...

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Main Author: Brdar, Mario
Other Authors: Raffaelli, Ida, Zic-Fuchs, Milena
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2012.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"This volume takes up the challenge of assessing the present state of Cognitive Linguistics on the cutting edge between universality and variability. Claims of universality have never been explicitly articulated by cognitive linguists but studies on embodiment, motivation and cognitive processes such as metaphor, metonymy, and conceptual integration rely on general cognitive abilities and hence tacitly assume cross-linguistic commonalities. Variability Otherin a language and across languages h ...
Physical Description:1 online resource (471 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781443842860
1443842869
9781299644144
1299644147

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