From Motion to Emotion: Aspects of Physical and Cultural Embodiment in Language (Lodz Studies in Language)

Peter Lang AG
From Motion to Emotion: Aspects of Physical and Cultural Embodiment in Language (Lodz Studies in Language)

This volume has its origins in an international conference on emotions organized by the Polish Association for the Study of English and held at the University of Wroclaw in April 2015. In the course of the conference, it became clear that emotions are productively explored with relation to motion for the reason that emotion(s) and motion(s) constitute profoundly intertwined dimensions of physical and cultural embodiment reflected in language. The relationship between motion(s) and emotion(s) became the underlying theme of this volume, which comprises nineteen contributions presenting exploratory and applicative accounts of (e)motion(s) situated in topical research areas of linguistic theory, second language acquisition, and translation studies.

Publisher: Peter Lang AG

Published: Switzerland, 1 September 2016

Format: Hardback, 292 pages

Age Range: 0+

Other Information: 30 Illustrations, unspecified

Dimensions: 15.3 x 21.4 x 2.4 centimeters (0.49 kg)

Writer: Marek Kuzniak, Bozena Rozwadowska, Michal Szawerna

Table of Contentsemotions, motion, metaphor, metonymy, reification, construal, multimodality, psychological verbs, persuasion, comics, legal translation, doctor-patient communication, sentiment analysis, science journalism, motivation, parliamentary discourse, learning strategies, intercultural communication, audio-visual translation

About the AuthorMarek Kuzniak is Associate Professor in the Institute of English Studies, University of Wroclaw.

Bozena Rozwadowska is Associate Professor in the Institute of English Studies, University of Wroclaw.

Michal Szawerna is Assistant Professor in the Institute of English Studies, University of Wroclaw.

Reviews"[...] most papers in the volume go beyond strictly theoretical approaches and employ various empirical methods in their analyses, for example questionnaires or language corpora. This "linguistics in action" attitude, together with a broad range of issues covered, makes the volume a comprehensive, readable, and useful source of information on the topic."
(Krzysztof Kosecki, Lamicus 1/2017)