Infinity in Language: Conceptualization of the Experience of the Sublime
Kenneth Holmqvist
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The book Infinity in Language is a research monograph on the problem of the sublime in language. The authors use methods from cognitive semantics and poetics in order to thoroughly describe how the sublime is used in language. It is a unique attempt to account for one of the most fascinating problems of the human mind: the concept of infinity, and how the experience of infinity and enthusiasm is expressed in language. The book includes new findings in cognitive semantics relating to rhetorical figures such as hyperbole, gradation and accumulation. Cognitive semantics has focused so far on metaphor. This book ... Read more
The book Infinity in Language is a research monograph on the problem of the sublime in language. The authors use methods from cognitive semantics and poetics in order to thoroughly describe how the sublime is used in language. It is a unique attempt to account for one of the most fascinating problems of the human mind: the concept of infinity, and how the experience of infinity and enthusiasm is expressed in language. The book includes new findings in cognitive semantics relating to rhetorical figures such as hyperbole, gradation and accumulation. Cognitive semantics has focused so far on metaphor. This book ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
185
Place of Publication
Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847189554
SKU
V9781847189554
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99-1
About Kenneth Holmqvist
Jaroslaw Pluciennik, PhD is a literary theorist and a cognitive semanticist working as Associate Professor at the Institute of Theory of Literature, Theater and Audio-Visual Arts at the University of Lodz, Poland. He studied and did research in Lodz (Poland), Lund (Sweden) and Bolzano (Italy) as well as in Cambridge (UK). He has written in Polish and English over ... Read more
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