Figurative language : cross-cultural and cross linguistics perspective / Dmitrij Dobrovol'skij and Elisabeth Piirainen

By: Dobrovol'sskij, Dmitrij [author]
Contributor(s): Elisabeth Piirainen
Language: English Series: Current Research in the Semantics/Pragmatics Interface: volume 13Publisher: Amsterdam : Elsevier , 2005Description: xii, 419 pages : 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume ISBN: 9780080438702Subject(s): Semantics | Semantics -- Cross-cultural studies | Pragmatics | Lexicology -- Cross-cultural studies | LexicologyDDC classification: 401.43
Contents:
General IssuesConventional Figurative Language and PhraseologyOn the Cross-Linguistic Equivalence of IdiomsMotivation of Conventional Figurative Units"False Friends" and ParonymsThe Cognitive Theory of the MetaphorIdioms of Fear: A Cognitive ApproachCognitive Modelling of Figurative SemanticsSpecific Frames: The Concept House in Language and CultureCulture and Figurative LanguageCultural Symbolism in Figurative LanguageNumeral Words and Number Symbols in Culture and Language: Case StudiesAnimal Metaphors and Animal Symbols: Case StudiesConclusionsReferences
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

General IssuesConventional Figurative Language and PhraseologyOn the Cross-Linguistic Equivalence of IdiomsMotivation of Conventional Figurative Units"False Friends" and ParonymsThe Cognitive Theory of the MetaphorIdioms of Fear: A Cognitive ApproachCognitive Modelling of Figurative SemanticsSpecific Frames: The Concept House in Language and CultureCulture and Figurative LanguageCultural Symbolism in Figurative LanguageNumeral Words and Number Symbols in Culture and Language: Case StudiesAnimal Metaphors and Animal Symbols: Case StudiesConclusionsReferences

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