29.3949, Books: Attention to Metaphor: Cuccio

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Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 11:44:50
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Attention to Metaphor: Cuccio

 


Title: Attention to Metaphor 
Subtitle: From neurons to representations 
Series Title: Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Communication 7  

Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/milcc.7 


Author: Valentina Cuccio

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027263353 Pages: 167 Price: U.S. $ 128.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027263353 Pages: 167 Price: U.K. £ 71.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027263353 Pages: 167 Price: Europe EURO 85.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027202116 Pages: 167 Price: U.S. $ 128.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027202116 Pages: 167 Price: U.K. £ 71.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027202116 Pages: 167 Price: Europe EURO 90.10


Abstract:

The last decades of the twentieth century have witnessed a fundamental
scientific discovery: the identification of mirror neurons and, consequently,
the development of the Embodied Simulation theory. Neuroscientific data on the
mechanism of Embodied Simulation and its role in conceptual and linguistic
processing, figurative language included, have stimulated a great deal of
research on the embodied nature of conceptual metaphors. However, the very
definition of the notions of body and embodiment are today still controversial
in the Embodied Cognition debate. This book addresses the issue of the
specific contribution of the body to conceptual and linguistic processing and
provides a new definition for the mechanism of Embodied Simulation. In this
light, and in consideration of a revision of the contemporary theory of
metaphor recently introduced by Gerard Steen, who distinguished between
deliberate and non-deliberate metaphor processing, the book also proposes a
new model of metaphor processing that brings together the mechanism of
Embodied Simulation, on the one hand, and the notion of deliberateness on the
other. Modulation of attention during linguistic processing is a key component
in explaining how they interact.

Potential readers of the book include linguists, psychologists, philosophers
and any other cognitive scientists and communication scientists piqued by the
topic of metaphor and embodiment.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Neurolinguistics
                     Psycholinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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