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Distance in Language

Distance in Language PDF Author: Anastasia Meermann
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443878847
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 297

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The conceptual metaphor of ""distance"" plays a crucial role in current perceptions of the world and humans' various interactions within it. It hardly seems possible to conceptualize space and time, emotional involvement in events, and relationships with other people in terms other than ""distance"". As a consequence, this primarily spatial concept figures prominently in the verbal expression of these abstract notions, and is thus highly relevant for the analysis of linguistic phenomena. In recen ...