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Endangered MetaphorsEdited by Anna Idström and Elisabeth Piirainen
[Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts 2] 2012
► pp. v–vi
Edited by Anna Idström and Elisabeth Piirainen
[Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts 2] 2012
► pp. v–vi
Table of contents
Prologue
Endangered metaphors: Introduction
“Our language is very literal”: Figurative expression in Dene Sųłiné [Athapaskan]
“My heart falls out”: Conceptualizations of body parts and emotion expressions in Beaver Athabascan
Walking like a porcupine, talking like a raven: Figurative language in Upper Tanana Athabascan
Are Nahuatl riddles endangered conceptualizations?
Bodily-based conceptual metaphors in Ashéninka Perené myths and folk stories
The use of a conceptual metaphor in the Siroi language of Papua New Guinea: Narrative is climbing a mountain
Kewa figures of speech: Understanding the code
Metaphors in Dimasa and Rabha – A comparative study
Numbers that Chumburung people count on
The importance of unveiling conceptual metaphors in a minority language: The case of Basque
Antlers as a metaphor of pride: What idioms reveal about the relationship between human and animal in Inari Saami conceptual system
Metaphors of the Finnish Roma in Finnish and Romani
“Bhio’ tu dìreach ga ithe, bha e cho math = You would just eat it, it was so good”: Music, Metaphor and Food for Thought on Scottish Gaelic Aesthetics
Metaphors of an endangered Low Saxon basis dialect – exemplified by idioms of STUPIDITY and DEATH
Index of conceptual metaphors/metonymies
Name index
Subject index
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