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Cultural Linguistics: Cultural conceptualisations and languageFarzad Sharifian †
[Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts 8] 2017
► pp. 25–39
Chapter 3Embodied cultural metaphors
Article outline
- 3.1Embodiment and embodied cognition
- 3.2Conceptualisations relating to del in contemporary Persian
- 3.3
Del in psychological, intellectual, and person-bound concepts
- 3.3.1 del as the seat of emotions, feelings, and desires
- 3.3.2 del as the centre of thoughts and memories
- 3.3.3 del as the centre of personality traits, character, and mood
- 3.3.4Summary
- 3.4Cultural conceptualisations behind the notion of del
- 3.5Iranian Traditional Medicine (ITM) and temperature terms in Persian
- 3.6Concluding remarks