Body Part Terms in Conceptualization and Language Usage
Edited by Iwona Kraska-Szlenk
[Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts, 12] 2020. vii, 311 pp.
Iwona Kraska-Szlenk
List of John Benjamins publications for which Iwona Kraska-Szlenk plays a role.
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Subjects Anthropological Linguistics | Cognition and language | Morphology | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2023 Derivation and semantic autonomy: A corpus study of Polish głowa “head” and its diminutive główka International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 28:1, pp. 1–27 | Article
The article focuses on the polysemy and usage patterns of the Polish lexeme głowa “head” and its diminutive główka. Based on corpus methodology and cognitive linguistics analysis, it is argued that the two lexemes are too autonomous in their meanings than predicted by their morphological… read more
2020 Towards a semantic lexicon of body part terms Body Part Terms in Conceptualization and Language Usage, Kraska-Szlenk, Iwona (ed.), pp. 77–98 | Chapter
This chapter focuses on recurring patterns of semantic extension of body part terms taking into account two major factors which lie at the heart of the phenomenon, one being the so-called embodied cognition, the other – shared culture. While these two factors lead to considerable resemblance among… read more
2020 Introduction Body Part Terms in Conceptualization and Language Usage, Kraska-Szlenk, Iwona (ed.), pp. 1–8 | Chapter