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8 Cognitive modelling of figurative semantics

  • Dmitrij Dobrovol’skij and Elisabeth Piirainen
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Figurative Language
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© 2021 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

© 2021 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Preface V
  3. Acknowledgements IX
  4. Contents XI
  5. 1 General issues 1
  6. 2 Conventional figurative language and phraseology 36
  7. 3 On the cross-linguistic equivalence of idioms 73
  8. 4 Motivation of conventional figurative units 103
  9. 5 “False friends” and paronyms 146
  10. 6 The Cognitive Theory of Metaphor 165
  11. 7 Idioms of Fear: A cognitive approach 197
  12. 8 Cognitive modelling of figurative semantics 217
  13. 9 Specific frames: The concept House in language and culture 239
  14. 10 Culture and figurative language 262
  15. 11 Cultural symbolism in figurative language 325
  16. 12 Numeral words and number symbols in culture and language: Case studies 367
  17. 13 Animal metaphors and animal symbols: Case studies 404
  18. 14 Conclusions 435
  19. References 445
  20. Abbreviations 483
  21. Subject index 485
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110702538-008

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Preface V
  3. Acknowledgements IX
  4. Contents XI
  5. 1 General issues 1
  6. 2 Conventional figurative language and phraseology 36
  7. 3 On the cross-linguistic equivalence of idioms 73
  8. 4 Motivation of conventional figurative units 103
  9. 5 “False friends” and paronyms 146
  10. 6 The Cognitive Theory of Metaphor 165
  11. 7 Idioms of Fear: A cognitive approach 197
  12. 8 Cognitive modelling of figurative semantics 217
  13. 9 Specific frames: The concept House in language and culture 239
  14. 10 Culture and figurative language 262
  15. 11 Cultural symbolism in figurative language 325
  16. 12 Numeral words and number symbols in culture and language: Case studies 367
  17. 13 Animal metaphors and animal symbols: Case studies 404
  18. 14 Conclusions 435
  19. References 445
  20. Abbreviations 483
  21. Subject index 485
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