Landscape and culture cross-linguistic perspectives
"The relationship between landscape and culture seen through language is an exciting and increasingly explored area. This ground-breaking book contributes to the linguistic examination of both cross-cultural variation and unifying elements in geographical categorization. The study focuses on th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia
John Benjamins Publishing Company,
[2018]
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| Series: | Cognitive linguistic studies in cultural contexts ;
v. 9. |
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| Online Access: | EBSCOhost Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
Table of Contents:
- Landscape and culture: An overview
- Flowing-water places: River, Fleuve, Karu
- Elevated places: Mountain, hill, puli
- Semantics by "the sea": The beach, the coast, the shore
- Desert in Australian English and Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara eco-zones
- Human intent in the landscape: Paddocks and meadows
- The bush in Australian English.