Bagasheva, Alexandra
(ed.)
Hristov, Bozhil
(ed.)
Tincheva, Nelly
(ed.)
Editorial: John Benjamins Publishing
Colección: Figurative Thought and Language ; 17
Número de páginas: 316 págs.
Fecha de edición: 01-01-2022
EAN: 9789027211644
ISBN: 978-90-272-1164-4
Precio (sin IVA): 123,00 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 127,92 €
Figurativity has attracted scholars’ attention for thousands of years and yet there are still open questions concerning its nature. Figurativity and Human Ecology endorses a view of figurativity as ubiquitous in human reasoning and language, and as a key example of how a human organism and its perceived or imagined environment co-function as a system. The volume sees figurativity not only as embedded in an environment but also as a way of acting within that environment. It places figurativity within an ecological context, and approaches it as a phenomenon which cuts across bodily, psychological, linguistic, social, cultural and natural environments. Figurativity and Human Ecology will appeal to those interested in the analysis of the all-encompassing creativity of the human mind and in the methodological difficulties associated with the study of cognition.