Body Part Terms in Conceptualization and Language Usage.
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- Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts Series ; v.12 .
- Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts Series .
Intro -- Body Part Terms in Conceptualization and Language Usage -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Previous studies on embodiment and body part terms -- 2. An overview of the volume -- References -- Part 1. General and Contrastive Studies -- Linguistic embodiment in linguistic experience: A corpus-based study -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Language and thought in metaphor studies -- 3. A corpus-based study of Chinese body-part terms for "face" and "heart" -- 3.1 The Chinese "face" -- 3.2 The Chinese "heart" -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Polysemic chains, body parts and embodiment -- 1. Perceptual and action-based grounding of cognition -- 2. Intralingual and interlingual polysemic displacement and meaning reconceptualization -- 3. Metonymy -- 4. Metonymic grammaticalization displacement chains -- 5. Metaphoricity - polysemous extensions into other domains -- 5.1. Bi-directionality of body part names polysemies -- 5.1. Metaphtonymy -- 5.2. Complex blended portmanteau forms -- 6. Interlinguistic conceptual displacement -- 7. Cultural conceptualizations and re-conceptualizations -- 8. Typology of polysemic embodied extension basis -- 9. Body schema and the Embodiment Hypothesis -- References -- Internet sources -- Body-part terms as a linguistic topic and the relevance of body-parts as tools -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Origins and structures of simplex body-part terms -- 2.1. 'Borrowed, derived and metaphorical terms for body-parts' -- 2.2. 'Compound body-part terms' -- 2.3. 'Derivations denoting body-parts' -- 3. Body-parts of objects -- 4. Body-parts with tool-functions -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Towards a semantic lexicon of body part terms -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Embodied cognition and linguistic embodiment. 3. Cross-linguistic tendencies in extension of body part terms -- 4. Body part terms and cross-linguistic equivalence -- 5. Equivalence of extended senses -- Concluding remarks and further research questions -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Body part terms in musical discourse -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Body part terms in organology -- 3. Body part terms in theories of musical form -- 4. Body part terms in Western notation practice -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Part 2. Grammaticalization Studies -- 'Body' and the relationship between verb and participants -- 1. The aim of the study -- 2. The problem -- 3. Co-referentiality of arguments within the clause in Pero -- 4. Other grammatical function of the noun 'cíg' 'body' -- 4.1 Hypothesis 1: Classes of verbs -- 4.2 Contrast between the form cíg, its absence, and other morphemes in the same position -- 4.3 Classes of nouns as a factor in the use of cíg? -- 4.4 An overarching hypothesis -- 5. Marking the pronominal object as evidence for the non-affectedness function of the form 'cíg' -- 5.1 Conclusions about Pero -- 6. Body in Mina and Lele -- 6.1 Mina -- 6.2 Lele -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- On the grammatical uses of the 'head' in Wolof: From reflexivity to intensifying uses -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The noun 'bopp' 'head' and why it did not grammaticalize into a locative marker -- 3. The reflexive pronoun -- 3.1 Direct Reflexive vs. Middle construction -- 3.2 Oblique reflexives -- 3.3 Genitive (possessive) reflexives -- 4. The prepositional reflexive as an adnominal intensifier -- 4.1 Emphasizing agentivity ('by him or herself') -- 4.2 Emphasizing identity ('in person', 'per se', 'the actual one') -- 4.3 Emphasizing the inclusion in an ordered list ('even him or her') -- 4.4 Semantic continuity, limits and motivation: Comparison with 'ci wàllu boppam' -- 5. Conclusion -- Aknowledments. References -- Multifaceted body parts in Murui: A case study from Northwest Amazonia -- 1. Typological profile of Murui -- 2. Murui body part terms and grammaticalization -- 2.1 The domain of spatial orientation and time -- 2.2 The domain of comparison -- 2.3 The domain of counting -- 2.4 The domain of 'self' -- 3. Summary -- References -- Appendix -- Part 3. Lexical Case Studies -- The metonymic folk model of language in Turkish -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data collection and analysis -- 3. Conceptualizations of 'dil' 'tongue' -- 3.1 Tongue for speaking -- 3.2 Tongue for speech -- 3.3 Tongue for language -- 4. Conceptualizations of 'ağız' 'mouth' -- 4.1 Mouth for speaking -- 4.2 Mouth for speech -- 4.3 Mouth for language (subdialect) -- 5. Conceptualizations of 'dudak' 'lip' -- 6. Conceptualizations of 'çene' 'chin' -- 7. Conceptualizations of 'ses' 'voice' -- 8. Discussion -- 9. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Dictionaries -- Keeping an eye on body parts: Cultural conceptualizations of the 'eye' in Hungarian -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptualization of body parts -- 2.1 Embodiment in language -- 2.2 Previous research on 'eye' -- 3. Meanings of 'szem' 'eye' -- 4. Conceptualizations of 'szem' -- 4.1 Szem as the SEAT OF CULTURAL VALUES -- 4.1.1 Conceptualizations of morality and conscience -- 4.1.2 Conceptualizations of respect -- 4.2 PERCEPTION/ALERTNESS -- 4.3 SZEM as the SEAT OF INTELLECT -- 4.4 SZEM as the SEAT OF EMOTION -- 4.5 BEHAVIOR -- 4.6 INTERPERSONAL POWER, CONTROL and the cultural schema EVIL EYE -- 4.7 Summary -- 5. Spatial metaphors related to 'szem': The case study of 'szeme közé' -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- The conceptualization of 'ido' 'eye' in Hausa -- 1. Introduction -- 2. 'Ido' 'eye' as body part -- 3. The figurative uses of 'ido' 'eye' -- 3.1. The lexicalization of ido in compounds. 3.2. Ido as an instrument for looking -- 3.3. Ido and the conceptualization of sight -- 3.4. Ido in the domain of knowledge -- 3.5. Ido in the domain of attention -- 3.6. Ido in the domains of decision and measurement -- 3.7. Ido as indicator of emotions -- 3.8. Ido as character traits -- 4. Reflexivity -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Conceptualisations of entrails in English and Polish -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptualisations of guts in the English language -- 2.1. The bowels as the seat of emotions -- 2.2. Entrails as the location of true feelings and emotions -- 2.3. The GUTS ARE KNOWLEDGE/ EMOTIONS metaphor -- 2.4. Metonymical and metaphorical extensions -- 2.5. The figurative association between entrails and courage -- 2.6. Guts in the process of grammaticalisation and word formation -- 2.7. Other conceptualisations -- 3. Conceptualisations of guts in Polish -- 4. Summary -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Cultural conceptualisations of 'nawsk' 'belly/stomach' in Kurdish -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The language and its speakers -- 3. Synopsis of the research design, method, and sources of data -- 4. Cultural linguistics -- 5. 'Sk' and 'Nawsk' conceptual categories -- 5.1 'Sk' category -- 5.2 Nawsk category -- 6. 'Nawsk' and conceptualisations of emotions in Kurdish -- 6.1 Nawsk as love, passion, and intimacy -- 6.2 Nawsk as sympathy, empathy, and pity -- 6.3 Nawsk as hate, curse, and revenge -- 6.4 Nawsk as complain, fear, and anger -- 7. 'Nawsk' conceptualisations and personality traits, character and mood -- 7.1 Wicked and devilish -- 7.2 Gluttonous and insatiable -- 7.3 Opportunistic and greedy -- 7.4 An abusive person -- 7.5 A nag -- 8. 'Nawsk' and conceptual metaphor -- 8.1 Nawsk can be filled or emptied -- 8.2 Nawsk can be tightened or torn -- 9. Conceptualisations of 'Nawsk' in Kurdish literature. 10. Concluding remarks -- References -- Index.