Linguistic taboo revisited : novel insights from cognitive perspectives / Andrea Pizarro Pedraza.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pedraza, Andrea Pizarro (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2018]
Series:	Cognitive linguistics research ; 61.
Subjects:	Taboo, Linguistic. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General. Taboo, Linguistic
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Lexicon, discourse and cognition: terminological delimitations in the conceptualizations of linguistic taboo
Part I: Construal: The axiological and communicative potential of homosexual-related metaphors
Metonymy-based euphemisms in war-related speeches by George W. Bush and Barack Obama
Ambiguity and vagueness as cognitive tools for euphemistic and politically correct speech
Part II: Cultural conceptualization: Old age revolution in Australian English: rethinking a taboo concept
Taboo subjects as insult intensifiers in Egyptian Arabic
Emotion concepts in context: figurative conceptualizations of hayâ 'self-restraint' in Persian
A cognitive linguistics approach to menstruation as a taboo in Gĩkũyũ
The socio-cognitive aspects of taboo in two cultures: a case study on Polish and British English
The influence of conceptual differences on processing taboo metaphors in the foreign language
Part III: Cognitive sociolinguistics
Why do the Dutch swear with diseases?
Calling things by their name: exploring the social meanings in the preference for sexual (in)direct construals
The perception of the expression of taboos: a sociolingistic study
Part IV: Interdisciplinary approaches
Scrupulosity, sexual ruminations and cleaning in obsessive-compulsive disorder
Swearing as emotion acts
Index.

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