Chapter 3
Embodied cultural metaphors
Article outline
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3.1Embodiment and embodied cognition
- 3.2Conceptualisations relating to del in contemporary Persian
- 3.3
Del in psychological, intellectual, and person-bound concepts
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del as the seat of emotions, feelings, and desires
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3.3.2
del as the centre of thoughts and memories
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del as the centre of personality traits, character, and mood
- 3.3.4Summary
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3.4Cultural conceptualisations behind the notion of del
- 3.5Iranian Traditional Medicine (ITM) and temperature terms in Persian
- 3.6Concluding remarks
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Notes