Endangered metaphors

by Falzett, Tiber Idström, Anna Piirainen, Elisabeth

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Consists of fifteen articles about metaphors in endangered languages, from Peru to Alaska, from India to Ghana. This title is suitable for researchers and students in linguistics, especially in metaphor and figurative language theory, and for scholars in large fields of cultural studies, ranging from anthropology to folkloristics and philosophy.

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Full title :Endangered metaphors / edited by Anna Idström, Elisabeth Piirainen ; in co-operation with Tiber Falzett

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Publication Date:©2012

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Publisher(s):John Benjamins Pub. Co
Place of Publication:Amsterdam
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012

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Description:vi, 376 s. : : illustrations, map ; : 25 cm

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ISBN:9789027204059, 9027204055, 9789027274922, 9027274924
oclc:ocn807349427
LC Classification:P301.5.M48
Dewey Decimal:808.032

1. Prologue (by Muhlhausler, Peter), p1-14; 2. Endangered metaphors: Introduction (by Idstrom, Anna), p15-20; 3. "Our language is very literal": Figurative expression in Dene Suline [Athapaskan] (by Rice, Sally), p21-76; 4. "My heart falls out": Conceptualizations of body parts and emotion expressions in Beaver Athabascan (by Pasamonik, Carolina), p77-102; 5. Walking like a porcupine, talking like a raven: Figurative language in Upper Tanana Athabasca (by Lovick, Olga), p103-122; 6. Are Nahuatl riddles endangered conceptualizations? (by Vega, Mercedes Montes de Oca), p123-144; 7. Bodily-based conceptual metaphors in Asheninka Perene myths and folk stories (by Mihas, Elena), p145-160; 8. The use of a conceptual metaphor in the Siroi language of Papua New Guinea: Narrative is climbing a mountain (by Kleef, Sjaa van), p161-184; 9. Kewa figures of speech: Understanding the code (by Franklin Karl J.), p185-204; 10. Metaphors in Dimasa and Rabha -- A comparative study (b Longmailai, Monali), p205-220; 11. Numbers that Chumburung people count on (by Hansford, Gillian), p221-252; 12. The importance of unveiling conceptual metaphors in a minority language: The case of Basque (by Ibarretxe-…