31.1945, Books: Metaphors in the Mind: Littlemore

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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2020 12:01:38
From: Dan Iredale [diredale at cambridge.org]
Subject: Metaphors in the Mind: Littlemore

 


Title: Metaphors in the Mind 
Subtitle: Sources of Variation in Embodied Metaphor 
Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/cognitive-linguistics/metaphors-mind-sources-variation-embodied-metaphor?format=PB 


Author: Jeannette Littlemore

Electronic: ISBN:  9781108271073 Pages: 284 Price: U.S. $ 24.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108416566 Pages: 284 Price: U.S. $ 99.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108403986 Pages: 284 Price: U.S. $ 29.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108403986 Pages: 284 Price: U.K. £ 23.99


Abstract:

Abstract concepts are often embodied through metaphor. For example, we talk
about moving through time in metaphorical terms, as if we were moving through
space, allowing us to 'look back' on past events. Much of the work on embodied
metaphor to date has assumed a single set of universal, shared bodily
experiences that motivate our understanding of abstract concepts. This book
explores sources of variation in people's experiences of embodied metaphor,
including, for example, the shape and size of one's body, one's age, gender,
state of mind, physical or linguistic impairments, personality, ideology,
political stance, religious beliefs, and linguistic background. It focuses on
the ways in which people's experiences of metaphor fluctuate over time within
a single communicative event or across a lifetime. Combining theoretical
argument with findings from new studies, Littlemore analyses sources of
variation in embodied metaphor and provides a deeper understanding of the
nature of embodied metaphor itself.

1. 'I am trying to climb Everest in flip-flops.' What is embodied metaphor and
where does it come from?
2. 'Would you prefer a pencil or an antiseptic wipe?' What evidence is there
for embodied metaphor and why is it important to consider this variation?
3. 'I'm running on this soapy conveyor belt with people throwing wet sponges
at me.' Which metaphors are embodied and when? Variation according to type,
function and context
4. 'This one sounds like a bell and this one sounds like when you're dead.'
Age, and the developmental nature of embodied metaphor
5. 'I did not know where I started and where I ended.' Different bodies:
different minds? How handedness, body shape and gender affect the way we
experience the world through metaphor
6. 'Those cookies tasted of regret and rotting flesh.' Sensory metaphor and
associated impairments and conditions
7. 'Things come out of my mouth that shouldn't be there.' 'Altered minds': the
impact of depression and psychological disorders on the way people experience
the world through metaphor
8. 'This is my body which will be given up for you.' Individual differences in
personality, thinking style, political stance and religious beliefs
9. 'Malodorous blacksmiths and lazy livers.' Cross-linguistic and
cross-cultural variation in embodied metaphor
10. Conclusion.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     General Linguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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