
Embodiment in Cross-Linguistic Studies
The 'Foot/Leg'
Brill (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 20. November 2025
Book
Hardback
309 pages
978-90-04-73209-4 (ISBN)
Description
Over the past two decades, linguistic research into embodiment has paid considerable attention to the human body and its individual parts, particularly within typological and cognitively oriented studies. This volume continues that line of inquiry with a specific focus on the lower limb. It shows that, like other major body parts, the lower limb serves as a highly productive source domain for a wide range of conceptualisations across the world's languages and cultures. More generally, the book contributes to the growing body of work at the intersection of cognition, language, and culture. It also engages with embodiment theory, which posits that human cognition and language are fundamentally grounded in sensory-motor experience.
Contributors are: Kelsie Pattillo, Jaime Pena, Gema Silva, Franklin Espinoza, Marleny Rodriguez, Malgorzata Wasniewska, Rosanna Tramutoli, Izabela Will, Joseph Jaoko Ochieng, Annika Tjuka, Cristina Martins Fargetti, Carmen Lucia Reis Rodrigues, Judit Baranyine Koczy, Iwona Kraska-Szlenk, Yi Tie, Yongxian Luo, and Mateus Cruz Maciel de Carvalho.
Contributors are: Kelsie Pattillo, Jaime Pena, Gema Silva, Franklin Espinoza, Marleny Rodriguez, Malgorzata Wasniewska, Rosanna Tramutoli, Izabela Will, Joseph Jaoko Ochieng, Annika Tjuka, Cristina Martins Fargetti, Carmen Lucia Reis Rodrigues, Judit Baranyine Koczy, Iwona Kraska-Szlenk, Yi Tie, Yongxian Luo, and Mateus Cruz Maciel de Carvalho.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
31 s/w Tabellen
31 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
608 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-73209-4 (9789004732094)
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Persons
Mateus Cruz Maciel de Carvalho, Ph.D (2017), Sao Paulo State University (UNESP). He is Professor of Linguistics at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Sao Paulo. He has published a book on Deni language phonology and papers on Deni grammar.
Iwona Kraska-Szlenk, Ph.D. (1995), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is Professor at the University of Warsaw. She has authored books on general linguistics and Swahili and edited multi-authored volumes, including Body Part Terms in Conceptualization and Language Usage (Benjamins, 2020).
Iwona Kraska-Szlenk, Ph.D. (1995), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is Professor at the University of Warsaw. She has authored books on general linguistics and Swahili and edited multi-authored volumes, including Body Part Terms in Conceptualization and Language Usage (Benjamins, 2020).