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Article in journal
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English
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Abstract
The use of anatomical metaphor in various conceptual domains is examined cross-linguistically. Anatomical terms are applied individually to a target domain, e.g., head of the household, or as a whole set, e.g., New Zealand Maori 'whakairo' (carved ancestral house representing an ancestor of the tribe). Often associated with mythology, the use of metaphor in certain languages is considered a way of implying a unity of creation and historical continuity. Although the frequency of anatomical lexicalized metaphors vary, their existence in most languages is believed to reflect a cognitive semantic or pragmatic universal. (Copyright 1996, Sociological Abstracts, Inc., all rights reserved.)
(LLBA 1996, vol. 30, n. 3)