BODY METAPHOR IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN LINGUOCULTURES

The article focuses on the identification of ethnocultural peculiarities of body metaphor functioning in differentstructure languages – English and Russian. According to cognitive theory, human reason arises from the nature of our brains, bodies, and bodily experience. Language material, however, su...

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Main Author: Yu. A. Bashkatova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kemerovo State University 2013-06-01
Series:Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета
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Online Access:https://vestnik.kemsu.ru/jour/article/view/129
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description The article focuses on the identification of ethnocultural peculiarities of body metaphor functioning in differentstructure languages – English and Russian. According to cognitive theory, human reason arises from the nature of our brains, bodies, and bodily experience. Language material, however, suggests the necessity of taking into account cultural factors of body metaphor formation.
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spelling doaj.art-42fa2a9181e44f898e89df3ab0f80b062023-07-13T12:08:41ZengKemerovo State UniversityВестник Кемеровского государственного университета2078-89752078-89832013-06-0102-22427129BODY METAPHOR IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN LINGUOCULTURESYu. A. Bashkatova0Kemerovo State UniversityThe article focuses on the identification of ethnocultural peculiarities of body metaphor functioning in differentstructure languages – English and Russian. According to cognitive theory, human reason arises from the nature of our brains, bodies, and bodily experience. Language material, however, suggests the necessity of taking into account cultural factors of body metaphor formation.https://vestnik.kemsu.ru/jour/article/view/129embodimentbody metaphorcultural linguisticssomatismethnocultural peculiarities
spellingShingle Yu. A. Bashkatova
BODY METAPHOR IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN LINGUOCULTURES
Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета
embodiment
body metaphor
cultural linguistics
somatism
ethnocultural peculiarities
title BODY METAPHOR IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN LINGUOCULTURES
title_full BODY METAPHOR IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN LINGUOCULTURES
title_fullStr BODY METAPHOR IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN LINGUOCULTURES
title_full_unstemmed BODY METAPHOR IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN LINGUOCULTURES
title_short BODY METAPHOR IN ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN LINGUOCULTURES
title_sort body metaphor in english and russian linguocultures
topic embodiment
body metaphor
cultural linguistics
somatism
ethnocultural peculiarities
url https://vestnik.kemsu.ru/jour/article/view/129
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