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1 online resource (xxv, 340 pages) : illustrations |
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Human cognitive processing, 1387-6724 ; v. 42 |
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Human cognitive processing ; v. 42
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| Contents |
Introduction: Talking about time as if it were space -- The deictic nature of Moving Ego and Ego-centered Moving Time expressions -- The experiential bases (grounding, motivation) of Moving Ego and Ego-centered Moving Time -- From earlier to later -- Frame of reference and alternate construals of ego-centered time -- A field-based frame of reference -- The psychological reality of sequence is relative position on a path -- Illustrating the field-based/ego-perspective contrast : the case of sequence is relative position in a stack -- Space-to-time metonymy -- The contrasting front/behind schemas of sequence is relative position on a path and Moving Ego -- The crosslinguistic pairing of in-front and behind with 'earlier' and 'later' -- When back is not the opposite of front : a temporal relative frame of reference in Wolof -- The Ego-opposed temporal metaphor and contexts of shared perspective -- Modes of construal of front and behind -- In search of primary metaphors of time -- Expressions of static temporal "location" -- Beyond metaphor and metonymy : mental spaces and conceptual integration -- Other-centered Moving Time and Wolof fekk 'become co-located with' -- Times as bounded regions -- Having and wasting Wolof counterparts of time -- Conclusions |
| Summary |
The Spatial Language of Time presents a crosslinguistically valid state-of-the-art analysis of space-to-time metaphors, using data mostly from English and Wolof (Africa) but additionally from Japanese and other languages. Metaphors are analyzed in terms of their most direct motivation by basic human experiences (Grady 1997a; Lakoff & Johnson 1980). This motivation explains the crosslinguistic appearance of certain metaphors, but does not say anything about temporal metaphor systems that deviate from the types documented here. Indeed, we observe interesting culture- and language-specific metaph |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Space and time in language
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Temporal constructions.
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Metaphor.
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Metonyms.
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metaphor.
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metonymy.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Temporal constructions
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Metaphor
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Metonyms
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Space and time in language
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013044623 |
| ISBN |
9789027270658 |
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9027270651 |
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1306705894 |
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9781306705899 |
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