Attention to metaphor : from neurons to representations

Attention to metaphor : from neurons to representations / Valentina Cuccio, University of Parma ; with a contribution by Gerard Steen, University of Amsterdam.

This book addresses the issue of the specific contribution of the body to conceptual and linguistic processing and provides a new definition for the mechanism of Embodied Simulation.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cuccio, Valentina (Author)
Other Authors: Steen, Gerard (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]
Series:Metaphor in language, cognition, and communication ; v. 7.
Subjects:
Metaphor.
Cognitive grammar.
metaphor.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Cognitive science
Metaphor
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction; 1. Embodied Simulation as bodily attitude; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The problem of content; 1.2.1 Representations in bodily formats; 1.3 Embodied Simulation as bodily attitude: Getting attuned to the world; 1.4 Conclusion; 2. The embodied turn: The conceptual metaphor theory after the discovery of mirror neurons; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 From the Conceptual Metaphor Theory to the Neural Theory of Metaphor; 2.3 From the Neural Theory of Metaphor to the Conceptual Metaphor Theory; 2.4 Conclusion
  • 3. Between embodiment and culture; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Body schema and body image: A conceptual clarification; 3.2.1 The body schema; 3.2.2 The body image; 3.3 Levels of embodiment; 3.3.1 Body schema and invisible embodied metonymies; 3.3.2 Body image and visible embodied metaphors; 3.4 Conclusion; 4. Attention and deliberateness in metaphor processing; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Deliberate Metaphor Theory; 4.2.1 Attention to metaphor; 4.2.2 Attention to metaphor, embodied cognition and social interaction; 4.3 Conceptual Metaphor Theory
  • 4.4 Experimental evidence for Conceptual Metaphor Theory as evidence for Deliberate Metaphor Theory; 4.5 Experimental evidence for Conceptual Metaphor Theory and alternative Deliberate Metaphor Theory interpretations; 4.6 Attention to metaphor: Embodied cognition and social interaction; 5. Embodied Simulation and Deliberate Metaphors; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Language and attention; 5.3 Embodied Simulation and attention; 5.4 Deliberate metaphors and Embodied Simulation; Conclusion: Attention to metaphor: From neurons to representations and back; References; Subject index

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