Language endangerment : disappearing metaphors and shifting conceptualizations / / edited by Elisabeth Piirainen, Ari Sherris

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910821498203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 90-272-6809-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 p.)
• Collana: Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts ; ; 7
• Disciplina: 408.9
• Soggetti: Endangered languages; Language obsolescence; Metaphor - History; Sociolinguistics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Introduction 2. Taste perception: Physiology and language ; 3. Metaphors from the taste domain in English ; 4. Metaphors from the taste domain in Papua New Guinea ; 4.1 Metaphors from the taste domain in Tok Pisin ; 4.2 Metaphors from the taste domain in Gwahatike ; 4.3 Metaphors from the taste domain in Gadsup ; 4.4 Metaphors from the taste Domain in Tairuma ; 4.5 Metaphors from the taste domain in Guhu Samane ; 4.6 Metaphors from the taste domain in Dawawa ; 4.7 Metaphors from the taste domain in Kamano-Kafe ; 5. Conclusions ; References; 4. Towards a taxonomy of metaphors of a curtailed language: The case of Waray1. Introduction ; 2. Methodological framework ; 3. Load of the Waray metaphorical vehicles ; 4. Representation of the Waray tenors ; 5. Conclusion and recommendations ; References ; 5. Hot eyes, white stomach: Emotions and character qualities in Safaliba metaphor; 1. Introduction ; 2. The Safaliba in their linguistic and cultural environment ; 3. Safaliba revitalization efforts ; 4. Aspects of Safaliba phonology and grammar ; 5. Safaliba metaphors for emotions and character qualities; 6. Comparison with metaphorical constructions in other area languages 6.1 Metaphors with eye imagery ; 6.2 Metaphors with stomach and chest imagery ; 6.3 Metaphors with whole-body imagery ; 7. What do these data suggest for "universals" in metaphor? ; References ; 6. Literacy and language instruction: Flathead Salish metaphor and a task-based pedagogy ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Flathead Salish people ; 2.1 Flathead Salish ; 2.2 Flathead reservation immersion education ; 3. Metaphor studies ; 3.1 Montana Salish metaphors ; 4. Task-based language learning and teaching (TBLT); 4.1 Sample Salish text 4.2 Flathead Salish metaphors and language learning; 5. Conclusion ; References ; 7. Idioms and proverbs in Bete language and culture; 1. Theoretical framework ; 2. The Bété: language and culture ; 3. Bété metaphors and their aetiology ; 4. Example of Bété idioms and proverbs ; 4.1 Selected idioms and proverbs ; 4.2 The meaning and sense of use of metaphors in Bété ; 5. Conclusion ; References ; 8. Receding idioms in West Danish (Jutlandic); 1. Introduction ; 2. Basics for the investigation ; 2.1 Material ; 2.2 Theoretical background ; 2.3 Rendering of the idioms; 3. Semantic fields outlined (almost) as dichotomies