Farzad Sharifian Orden de los libros

A central theme in cognitive linguistics is the development of the "mind" and the concept of embodiment, which highlights the connection between body and mind. While many works have explored this theme, the interaction between culture, body, and language has not received adequate attention. A thorough investigation of this interface requires analytical tools to capture how different cultural groups conceptualize their feelings and experiences in relation to body and language. Cultural models, which serve as the foundation of a group's cultural cognition, offer a promising framework for this exploration. This volume brings together scholars from diverse linguistic backgrounds to examine the relationship between body, language, and culture, focusing on conceptualizations of the heart and other internal organs across various languages. The aim is to investigate how different languages use internal organs to conceptualize human experiences like emotions and mental processes, as well as the cultural models that explain the similarities and differences in these conceptualizations. The volume includes linguistic analyses of terms related to internal organs and explores the cultural models associated with them in various systems, including ethnomedical and religious traditions. Some contributions also relate their findings to philosophical doctrines addressing the mind-body-language relationship, such as those of Descartes.