Jeannette Littlemore Bücher

This book explores metonymy in language, gesture, music, art and film, and discusses the challenges it presents in cross-cultural communication.

The revised edition of this seminal text offers an engaging exploration of Cognitive Linguistics, incorporating recent studies and advancements in the field since its original 2009 publication. It highlights the emergence of new research areas and significant studies that have shaped the discipline, making it accessible for a new generation of scholars and students. This updated work serves as a comprehensive resource for understanding the evolution and current landscape of Cognitive Linguistics.

This Element finds strong metaphorical connections between the valence of the emotion and the lightness of the associated colours and between the intensity of an emotion and the saturation level of the associated colours. It explores the different ways in which humans express emotions through colour, and the reasons why they do so.