The Grammar of Space

Svorou, Soteria

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“…From our bodily and physical experiences in the world we have derived a pattern of cognitive correlations. These correlations bring into reconciliation the two competing models-the anthropomorphic and the zoomorphic models (see, e.g., Allan 1995, Heine, 1995, Svorou 1994)-in our conceptualization of spatial relations and spatial conceptualization of more abstract relations.…”

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“…While the spatial domain is surely the source domain for metaphors mapping into more abstract domains, it is also the domain currently under investigation for possible cross-linguistic and cross-cultural universals and differences (see, e.g., Allan 1995, Ameka 1995, Brown & Levinson 1993, Heine 1995, Levinson 1991, 1992a, 1992b, Pederson 1995, Regier 1995, Sinha et al 1994, Sinha & Thorseng 1995, Svorou 1994, Wilkins & Hill 1995). …”

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“…The source domain for both time and event structure dealt with here is space, which 'has become a fertile domain of investigation by cognitive scientists from disciplines spanning neurophysiology (Jeannerod 1994) to cognitive anthropology and comparative linguistics (LeVinson 1991, Svorou 1994)' (Sinha 1995: 7). However, the spatial domain is especially important to cognitive linguistics.…”

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The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor: A Perspective from Chinese

Chung¹,

Yu²

2000

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“…The answers are of some consequence. It has been claimed, for example, that there are universal tendencies for specific body part concepts to serve as source domains for conceptualisation and expression of other aspects of the world, for example spatial location and topological relationships (Svorou, 1993;Heine, 1997). It is widely known that terms for body parts like 'head', 'belly', and 'back' are used in conventional spatial descriptions in many languages.…”

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Cross-linguistic categorisation of the body: Introduction

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Cross-linguistic categorization of the body: IntroductionEnfield, N.J.; Majid, A.; van Staden, M. General rightsIt is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), other than for strictly personal, individual use, unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Disclaimer/Complaints regulationsIf you believe that digital publication of certain material infringes any of your rights or (privacy) interests, please let the Library know, stating your reasons. In case of a legitimate complaint, the Library will make the material inaccessible and/or remove it from the website. Please Ask the Library: http://uba.uva.nl/en/contact, or a letter to: Library of the University of Amsterdam, Secretariat, Singel 425, 1012 WP Amsterdam, The Netherlands. You will be contacted as soon as possible. AbstractThe domain of the human body is an ideal focus for semantic typology, since the body is a physical universal and all languages have terms referring to its parts. Previous research on body part terms has depended on secondary sources (e.g. dictionaries), and has lacked sufficient detail or clarity for a thorough understanding of these terms' semantics. The present special issue is the outcome of a collaborative project aimed at improving approaches to investigating the semantics of body part terms, by developing materials to elicit information that provides for cross-linguistic comparison. The articles in this volume are original fieldwork-based descriptions of terminology for parts of the body in ten languages. Also included are an elicitation guide and experimental protocol used in gathering data. The contributions provide inventories of body part terms in each language, with analysis of both intensional and extensional aspects of meaning, differences in morphological complexity, semantic relations among terms, and discussion of partonomic structure within the domain.

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“…Kaswanti Purwo's approach leans on Charles Fillmore's early cognitive linguistic work, which propounds that speaker-relatedness implies the lowest degree of explicitness and thus unmarkedness (see also Svorou 1993). Stokhof's semiotactic approach also attaches great importance to the speaker's frame-of-reference.…”

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Ini apel ni nya ‘This here apple now’ Deictics in the Malay speech of Southwest Malukan migrants in the Netherlands1

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The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor: A Perspective from Chinese

The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor: A Perspective from Chinese

Cross-linguistic categorisation of the body: Introduction

Ini apel ni nya ‘This here apple now’ Deictics in the Malay speech of Southwest Malukan migrants in the Netherlands1

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