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Author Sickinger, Pawel, author.

Title Mental models across languages : the visual representation of baldness terms in German, English, and Japanese / Pawel Sickinger
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 328 pages)
Series Human cognitive processing (HCP) cognitive foundations of language structure and use, 1387-6724 ; volume 63
Human cognitive processing ; v. 63.
Contents Mental models, perceptual simulation, and the conceptual-linguistic interface -- Translation, equivalence, and lexical meaning -- Methodology -- Results
Summary "This book presents a study designed to triangulate the core meanings of expressions across English, German and Japanese. Native speakers of the three languages were asked to design visual representations of expressions referring to baldness phenomena in an online experiment. These sets of visualizations are used to determine conceptual overlap or distance between expressions in the three languages, resulting in lexical-conceptual 'maps' for MALE BALDNESS. The study is discussed against the background of an embodied, perceptual symbol-based understanding of linguistic meaning. An additional part of the book applies this perspective to the issue of translation, developing a process model of translation activity based on the concept of cognitive equivalence. The book presents a novel approach to lexical semantics, tested through an innovative experimental method grounded in cognitive linguistic theory. It will be highly interesting to scholars in cognitive semantics, contrastive semantics, embodied cognition and cognitive translation studies"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Bonn, 2014
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 18, 2019)
Subject Mental representation.
German language -- Psychological aspects
English language -- Psychological aspects.
Japanese language -- Psychological aspects
Baldness -- Terminology
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
English language -- Psychological aspects
German language -- Psychological aspects
Japanese language -- Psychological aspects
Mental representation
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2018053513
ISBN 902726323X
9789027263230