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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      July 2019
      August 2019
      ISBN:
      9781108241441
      9781108416566
      9781108403986
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108241441
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.59kg, 284 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.49kg, 288 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Cognitive Linguistics, Psychology, Cognition, Language and Linguistics
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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.

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    ‘Lucidly written and well argued, the monograph successfully shows us why this project is worth pursuing.’

    Shengxi Jin Source: Journal of Pragmatics

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