Index

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword V
3. Table of contents IX
4. List of contributing Authors XI
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Lexicon, discourse and cognition: terminological delimitations in the conceptualizations of linguistic taboo 13
7. Part I: Construal
8. 2. The axiological and communicative potential of homosexual-related metaphors 35
9. 3. Metonymy-based euphemisms in war-related speeches by George W. Bush and Barack Obama 55
10. 4. Ambiguity and vagueness as cognitive tools for euphemistic and politically correct speech 79
11. Part II: Cultural Conceptualization
12. 5. Old age revolution in Australian English: Rethinking a taboo concept 99
13. 6. Taboo subjects as insult intensifiers in Egyptian Arabic 117
14. 7. Emotion concepts in context: Figurative conceptualizations of hayâ ‘self-restraint’ in Persian 141
15. 8. A Cognitive Linguistics approach to menstruation as a taboo in Gĩkũyũ 161
16. 9. The socio-cognitive aspects of taboo in two cultures: A case study on Polish and British English 179
17. 10. The influence of conceptual differences on processing taboo metaphors in the foreign language 201
18. Part III: Cognitive Sociolinguistics
19. 11. Why do the Dutch swear with diseases? 225
20. 12. Calling things by their name: Exploring the social meanings in the preference for sexual (in)direct construals 245
21. 13. The perception of the expression of taboos: a sociolinguistic study 269
22. Part IV: Interdisciplinary Approaches
23. 14. Scrupulosity, sexual ruminations and cleaning in Obsessive – Compulsive Disorder 293
24. 15. Swearing as emotion acts 311
25. Index 329