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Event structure metaphors through the body : translation from English to American Sign Language
Title:
Event structure metaphors through the body : translation from English to American Sign Language
Author:
Roush, Daniel R., author.
ISBN:
9789027264091
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (242 pages).
Series:
Figurative thought and language (FTL), Volume 4
Contents:
Translating metaphor through the body : changing expressions, changing thoughts -- Event structure metaphors : conceptualizing events through bodily experience -- A body of bodily expressions : a corpus-based description of metaphor translation -- Arriving : understanding events in terms of bodies in locations -- Obtaining : understanding events in terms of bodies possessing objects -- Releasing : understanding events in terms of bodies as containers -- Summary of translating event structure metaphors through the body -- Conclusion : different bodies, different metaphor preferences?
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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