03098nam 2200529 450 991079335160332120230814230231.090-272-6323-X(CKB)4100000007188593(MiAaPQ)EBC5622434(EXLCZ)99410000000718859320190113d2018 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMental models across languages the visual representation of baldness terms in German, English, and Japanese /Pawel SickingerAmsterdam ;Philadelphia :John Benjamins Publishing Company,[2018]©20181 online resource (346 pages)Human cognitive processing (HCP) cognitive foundations of language structure and use ;Volume 63Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Bonn, 2014.90-272-0178-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Mental models, perceptual simulation, and the conceptual-linguistic interface -- Translation, equivalence, and lexical meaning -- Methodology -- Results."This book presents a study designed to triangulate the core meanings of expressions across English, German and Japanese. Native speakers of the three languages were asked to design visual representations of expressions referring to baldness phenomena in an online experiment. These sets of visualizations are used to determine conceptual overlap or distance between expressions in the three languages, resulting in lexical-conceptual 'maps' for MALE BALDNESS. The study is discussed against the background of an embodied, perceptual symbol-based understanding of linguistic meaning. An additional part of the book applies this perspective to the issue of translation, developing a process model of translation activity based on the concept of cognitive equivalence. The book presents a novel approach to lexical semantics, tested through an innovative experimental method grounded in cognitive linguistic theory. It will be highly interesting to scholars in cognitive semantics, contrastive semantics, embodied cognition and cognitive translation studies"--Provided by publisher.Human cognitive processing ;Volume 63.1387-6724Mental representationBaldnessTerminologyEnglish languagePsychological aspectsGerman languagePsychological aspectsJapanese languagePsychological aspectsMental representation.BaldnessEnglish languagePsychological aspects.German languagePsychological aspects.Japanese languagePsychological aspects.401/.43Sickinger Pawel1483950MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910793351603321Mental models across languages3702351UNINA