Embodiment in Language (II): Food, Emotion and Beyond

Depner, Shelley Ching-yu

This book provides useful strategies for language learning, researching and the understanding of social factors that influence human behavior. It offers an account of how we use human, animal and plant fixed expressions every day and the cultural aspects hidden behind them. These fixed expressions include various linguistic vehicles, such as fruit, jokes and taboos that are related to speakers’ use in the real world. The linguistic research in Mandarin Chinese, Hakka, German and English furthers our understanding of the cultural value and model of cognition embedded in life-form embodiment languages.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2018-06-29

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9789811094491

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-1799-5

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 216