The Routes of the World's Representation: Figurative Expressions, Naming Strategies, and Figures of Speech in Papuan, Austronesian, and Indo-European Contexts

  • František KRATOCHVÍL (Speaker)
  • PERONO CACCIAFOCO, F. (Speaker)
  • Francesco Paolo CAVALLARO (Speaker)
  • Carlotta VITI (Speaker)
  • Elvis Albertus BIN TONI (Speaker)

Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar

Description

The Presentation is focused on cognitive aspects and naming strategies, especially inherently in metaphors, in three different linguistic and cultural contexts, e.g., Papuan, Austronesian, and Indo-European, both with a comparative and contrastive approach.
Period29 Oct 2015
Event title2nd International Symposium on Figurative Thought and Language
Event typeConference
Conference number2
LocationPavia, ItalyShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • Papuan Languages
  • Austronesian Languages
  • Indo-European Languages
  • Metaphors
  • Figurative Expressions

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