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Publication details [#39659]

Maalej, Zouhair. 2004. Figurative Language in Anger Expressions in Tunisian Arabic: An Extended View of Embodiment. Metaphor and Symbol 19 (1) : 51–75.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

anger | figurative speech | language and culture | metaphor | metonymy

Language as a subject

Arabic, Tunisian

Place, Publisher

Erlbaum

Journal WWW

www.erlbaum.com/Journals/Electronic/electronic.htm

Annotation

This paper argues that anger expression in Tunisian Arabic (TA) comes as physiological, culturally specific, and culturally tainted embodiment.