Culture, body, and language : conceptualizations of internal body organs across cultures and languages

Edited by Farzad Sharifian ... [et al.]
Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2008.

ISBN: 9783110196221

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Book description
This book makes a significant contribution to the understanding of the intricate relationship between culture, body and language by focusing on conceptualizations of internal body organs in several languages. The studies explore how across various cultures internal body organs such as the heart have been used as the locus of conceptualizing feelings, thinking, knowing etc. Such conceptualizations appear to be rooted in cultural systems such as ethnomedical and religious traditions. The volume engages with these themes using the analytical tools developed in cognitive linguistics and cognitive anthropology.

About the author
Farzad Sharifian is Associate Professor in the Department of English as an International Language, School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Monash University.

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