Figurative and non-figurative use of body-part words in descriptions of emotions in Dalabon (Northern Australia)
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This article examines the status and functions of body-part words with respect to linguistic descriptions of emotions in Dalabon (Northern Australia). As in many languages in the world, words denoting invisible (internal) body-parts occur in figurative expressions. These expressions instantiate metaphors and metonymies inspired by non-observable somatic responses to emotions. In addition to this figurative pattern of usage, many more words for visible body-parts occur in expressions where they...[Show more]
dc.contributor.author | Ponsonnet, Maia | |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-08T22:13:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-12-08T22:13:39Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2214-3165 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/29904 | |
dc.description.abstract | This article examines the status and functions of body-part words with respect to linguistic descriptions of emotions in Dalabon (Northern Australia). As in many languages in the world, words denoting invisible (internal) body-parts occur in figurative expressions. These expressions instantiate metaphors and metonymies inspired by non-observable somatic responses to emotions. In addition to this figurative pattern of usage, many more words for visible body-parts occur in expressions where they serve to produce more detailed descriptions of emotional behaviors � specifying which body-part is involved in a given emotional mani-festation. The relatively widespread use of body-part words in such descriptions of emotions fosters semantic extensions, where some body-part nouns gain emotional connotations. The article analyzes these descriptive functions of body-part nouns in Dalabon, and examines how they reinforce semantic associations between body-parts and emotions. | |
dc.publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company | |
dc.source | International Journal of Language and Culture | |
dc.title | Figurative and non-figurative use of body-part words in descriptions of emotions in Dalabon (Northern Australia) | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | |
local.identifier.citationvolume | 1 | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
local.identifier.absfor | 200319 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages | |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u4407829xPUB69 | |
local.type.status | Published Version | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Ponsonnet, Maia, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU | |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | 1 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage | 98 | |
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage | 130 | |
local.identifier.doi | .1075/ijolc.1.1.06pon | |
local.identifier.absseo | 950503 - Understanding Australia's Past | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-11-22T07:35:41Z | |
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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