In Search of the Cultural Motivation in Language
earliest edition we have, 2020 Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, Peter, 2020 192 pages
"This book aims to expose a panchronic outlook on motivation behind the word within the paradigm of cognitive linguistics. On the example of girl and woman used in "Dubliners", the author emphasises the impact of culture on human conceptualisation which, in turn, can be traced in language. The results of her analysis reveal that the linguistic sign is not an arbitrary pairing of form and meaning, but rather a languag...
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