Chapter published in:
Cultural Linguistics: Cultural conceptualisations and language
Farzad Sharifian †
[Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts 8] 2017
► pp. 25–39

Chapter 3
Embodied 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