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"Abstract concepts are often embodied through metaphor. For example, we talk about moving through time in metaphorical terms, as if we were moving through space, allowing us to 'look back' on past events. Much of the work on embodied metaphor to date has assumed a single set of universal, shared bodily experiences that motivate our understanding of abstract concepts. This book explores sources of variation in people's experiences of embodied metaphor, including, for example, the shape and size of one's body, one's age, gender, state of mind, physical or linguistic impairments, personality, ideology, political stance, religious beliefs, and linguistic background. It focuses on the ways in which people's experiences of metaphor fluctuate over time within a single communicative event or across a lifetime. Combining theoretical argument with findings from new studies, Littlemore analyses sources of variation in embodied metaphor and provides a deeper understanding of the nature of embodied metaphor itself"-- "I would like to begin this book on a personal note. When I was eighteen years old, my father died. I was ill-equipped to deal with the emotional fallout that ensued. My over-riding memory of the time involves the sound of bagpipes. Not the sound of real bagpipes, but of bagpipes in my mind. I lived my life with the constant drone of bagpipes in the background. This became both the bass line and the baseline of my every day experience. On bad days the tunes would start to play, and they would get louder and louder until they became unbearable and I would have to cover my ears. I have never been a fan of the bagpipes, metaphorical or otherwise. As this example shows, in addition to being something that we encounter, metaphor can also be something that we experience on a physical and emotional level whether we like it or not. In other words, metaphor can be 'embodied'"--

Lexicology. Semantics --- Psycholinguistics --- Figures of speech. --- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General. --- Metaphor.

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This text finds strong metaphorical connections between the valence of the emotion and the lightness of the associated colours and between the intensity of an emotion and the saturation level of the associated colours. It explores the different ways in which humans express emotions through colour, and the reasons why they do so.

Color --- Metonyms. --- Metaphor. --- Emotions and cognition. --- Psychological aspects.

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Linguistique cognitive --- Langues --- Enseignement

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This is a revised and updated edition of a seminal text in the field of Cognitive Linguistics, written in an engaging and accessible style for a new generation of scholars and students. The author surveys and incorporates a wealth of more recent studies conducted in different areas since the book's original publication in 2009, exploring how new areas of research within Cognitive Linguistics have emerged and flourished, and taking account of key studies that have progressed the field since its inception. This new edition has been revised throughout to review, analyse and synthesise the latest state of the art in Cognitive Linguistics-inspired second language learning and teaching research, and suggests other areas that might benefit from further exploration. It will be essential reading for academics, educators and students across Linguistics and Education, particularly those with an interest in cognitive linguistics, second language acquisition, foreign language teaching and language education. Jeannette Littlemore is Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of English Language and Linguistics, School of English, Drama and Creative Studies, University of Birmingham, UK. She is a world-renowned scholar in the Cognitive Linguistic community and has spearheaded the application of metaphor in real-world contexts ranging from advertising and branding, and health and well-being, to education and teaching. She has authored over 100 publications, including seven monographs.

Second language acquisition. --- Cognitive grammar. --- Language and languages --- Applied linguistics. --- Linguistics. --- Psycholinguistics. --- Sociolinguistics. --- Language Teaching and Learning. --- Applied Linguistics. --- Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Lingusitics. --- Study and teaching.