Infinity in language : conceptualization of the experience of the sublime /

Holmqvist, Kenneth.

Infinity in language : conceptualization of the experience of the sublime / by Kenneth Holmqvist and Jaros"aw P"uciennik. - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2008. - 1 online resource (x, 179 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-172) and index.

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; INSTEAD OF A FINAL CONCLUSION NON-CARTESIAN SEMANTICS AND EMPATHY; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; APPENDIX C; APPENDIX D; REFERENCES AND SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.

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 rhetoric ...


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Sublime, The.
Philosophy and cognitive science.
Semantics.
Language and languages--Philosophy.
Sublime, The, in literature.
Sublime.
Philosophie et sciences cognitives.
Sémantique.
Langage et langues--Philosophie.
Sublime dans la littérature.
semantics.
Cognitivism, cognitive theory.
Literary theory.
Semantics, discourse analysis, etc.
PHILOSOPHY--Aesthetics.
Language and languages--Philosophy.
Philosophy and cognitive science.
Semantics.
Sublime, The.
Sublime, The, in literature.


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