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Author Roush, Daniel R., author.

Title Event structure metaphors through the body : translation from English to American Sign Language / Daniel R. Roush.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]
2018

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Description 1 online resource (242 pages).
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Figurative thought and language (FTL), 2405-6944 ; Volume 4
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Translating metaphor through the body : changing expressions, changing thoughts -- Event structure metaphors : conceptualizing events through bodily experience -- A body of bodily expressions : a corpus-based description of metaphor translation -- Arriving : understanding events in terms of bodies in locations -- Obtaining : understanding events in terms of bodies possessing objects -- Releasing : understanding events in terms of bodies as containers -- Summary of translating event structure metaphors through the body -- Conclusion : different bodies, different metaphor preferences?
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject American Sign Language.
Metaphor.
Interpreters for the deaf.
Translating and interpreting.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Roush, Daniel R. Event structure metaphors through the body : translation from English to American Sign Language. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, c2018 242 pages Figurative thought and language (FTL) ; Volume 4 9789027200709 (DLC) 2018020043
ISBN 9789027200709
9789027264091 (e-book)

 
    
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