Full Description
The 'face' is the most identifiable feature of the human body, yet the way it is entrenched in language and cognition has not previously been explored cross-linguistically. This comparative volume continues the series on embodied cognition and conceptualization with a focus on the human 'face'. Each contribution to this volume presents descriptions and analyses of how languages name the 'face' and utilize metonymy, metaphor, and polysemy to extend the 'face' to overlapping target domains. The contributions include primary and secondary data representing languages originating from around the world. The chapters represent multiple theoretical approaches to describing linguistic embodiment, including cultural, historical, descriptive, and cognitive frameworks. The findings from this diverse set of theoretical approaches and languages contribute to general research in cognitive linguistics, cultural linguistics, and onomastics.
Contents
List of Tables, Diagrams and Figures
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Kelsie Pattillo and Małgorzata Waśniewska
1 Cross-Linguistic 'Face' Expressions and Extensions
Kelsie Pattillo
2 Facts about 'Face' That We Ought to Face
Jan Henrik Holst
3 Face in Dene Languages
Conor Snoek
4 The Lexeme 'Face' in Languages of Northwestern Papua New Guinea: An Exploratory Study
José Antonio Jódar Sánchez
5 Synonyms of twarz 'Face' in Polish from a Cognitive-Linguistic Perspective
Małgorzata Waśniewska
6 The Concept of 'Face' in Nineteenth-Century Polish
Magdalena Derwojedowa and Magdalena Zawisławska
7 Constructions with lice ('Face') in Croatian: Lexico-Grammar and Cultural Models
Sanja Kiš Žuvela and Jelena Parizoska
8 Framing the Face: The Case of the Italian 'faccia'
Maria Załęska and Giacomo Ferrari
9 The Embodiment of Emotions in Turkish Face Constructions
Melike Baş
10 Body Part Extensions with mặt 'Face' in Vietnamese
Annika Tjuka
11 The Cultural and Linguistic Conceptualizations of yeeso 'Face' in Fulfulde
Ahmadu Shehu
12 The Affordances of 'Face' in Dalabon, Gunwinyguan, Non-Paman-Nyungan, Australia
Maïa Ponsonnet
Index
