Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 331 pages) |
Series |
Cognitive linguistics research ; v. 61 |
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Cognitive linguistics research ; 61.
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Contents |
Introduction -- Lexicon, discourse and cognition: terminological delimitations in the conceptualizations of linguistic taboo -- Part I: Construal: The axiological and communicative potential of homosexual-related metaphors -- Metonymy-based euphemisms in war-related speeches by George W. Bush and Barack Obama -- Ambiguity and vagueness as cognitive tools for euphemistic and politically correct speech -- Part II: Cultural conceptualization: Old age revolution in Australian English: rethinking a taboo concept -- Taboo subjects as insult intensifiers in Egyptian Arabic -- Emotion concepts in context: figurative conceptualizations of hayâ 'self-restraint' in Persian -- A cognitive linguistics approach to menstruation as a taboo in Gĩkũyũ -- The socio-cognitive aspects of taboo in two cultures: a case study on Polish and British English -- The influence of conceptual differences on processing taboo metaphors in the foreign language -- Part III: Cognitive sociolinguistics -- Why do the Dutch swear with diseases? -- Calling things by their name: exploring the social meanings in the preference for sexual (in)direct construals -- The perception of the expression of taboos: a sociolingistic study -- Part IV: Interdisciplinary approaches -- Scrupulosity, sexual ruminations and cleaning in obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Swearing as emotion acts -- Index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Taboo, Linguistic.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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Taboo, Linguistic
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9783110582789 |
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3110582783 |
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