30.2325, Books: Sensory Linguistics: Winter

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Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2019 15:38:13
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Sensory Linguistics: Winter

 


Title: Sensory Linguistics 
Subtitle: Language, perception and metaphor 
Series Title: Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research 20  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/celcr.20 


Author: Bodo Winter

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027262622 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027262622 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 80.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027262622 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 95.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027203106 Pages: 289 Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027203106 Pages: 289 Price: U.K. £ 80.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027203106 Pages: 289 Price: Europe EURO 100.70


Abstract:

One of the most fundamental capacities of language is the ability to express
what speakers see, hear, feel, taste, and smell. "Sensory Linguistics" is the
interdisciplinary study of how language relates to the senses. This book deals
with such foundational questions as: Which semiotic strategies do speakers use
to express sensory perceptions? Which perceptions are easier to encode and
which are “ineffable”? And what are appropriate methods for studying the
sensory aspects of linguistics? After a broad overview of the field, a
detailed quantitative corpus-based study of English sensory adjectives and
their metaphorical uses is presented. This analysis calls age-old ideas into
question, such as the idea that the use of perceptual metaphors is governed by
a cognitively motivated “hierarchy of the senses”. Besides making theoretical
contributions to cognitive linguistics, this research monograph showcases new
empirical methods for studying lexical semantics using contemporary
statistical methods.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Psycholinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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