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"The Body in Language: Comparative studies of Linguistic Embodiment provides new insights into the theory of linguistic embodiment in its universal and cultural aspects. The contributions of the volume offer theoretical reflections on grammaticalization, lexical semantics, philosophy, multimodal communication and - by discussing metaphorization and metonymy in figurative language - on cognitive linguistics in general. Case studies contribute first-hand data on embodiment from more than 15 langua
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- Author
- Matthias Brenzinger; Iwona Kraska-Szlenk
- Publisher
- Koninklijke Brill N.V.
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9789004274280
- Category
- language
- Subjects
- Linguistics, Language Learning, Literary Fiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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