Metaphor and gesture
Auteur :
Cienki, Alan
ISBN :
9789027228444
Date de publication :
4 juin 2008
Dimensions :
24,0 x 16,0 cm
Poids :
580 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Bonaire, Saba
Scholars of metaphor have been paying increasing attention to spontaneous gestures with speech; meanwhile, researchers in gesture studies have been focussing on the abstract ideas which receive physical representation through metaphors when speakers gesture. This book offers an overview on metaphor and gesture.