Cognitive Linguistics between Universality and Variation:
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Main Author: Brdar, Mario (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2012
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"This volume takes up the challenge of assessing the present state of Cognitive Linguistics on the cutting edge between universality and variability. Claims of universality have never been explicitly articulated by cognitive linguists but studies on embodiment, motivation and cognitive processes such as metaphor, metonymy, and conceptual integration rely on general cognitive abilities and hence tacitly assume cross-linguistic commonalities. Variability Otherin a language and across languages h..
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (471 p.)
ISBN:1443842869
9781443842860