A Study on Metaphoric and Metonymic Expressions in Hausa

Yusuf Ahmed Gwarzo

ISBN 10: 3659907243 / ISBN 13: 9783659907241

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Sep 2018, 2018

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Neuware -This book is all about metaphoric and metonymic Expressions of body part terms hand and head in Hausa. Conceptual metaphor concerns mapping between source domains through reference to another entity or element in the target domain by means of Conceptualization. Relatedly, metonymy involves single domain mapping of an entity onto another entity, the vehicle gives access to another entity that is the target, in a single domain. Therefore, this book explorers the cognitive mechanisms which function in the creation of metaphorical and metonymical expressions of body part terms in the Hausa language.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 136 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Study on Metaphoric and Metonymic Expressions in Hausa
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing Sep 2018
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3659907243
• ISBN 13: 9783659907241
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu

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This book is all about metaphoric and metonymic Expressions of body part terms hand and head in Hausa. Conceptual metaphor concerns mapping between source domains through reference to another entity or element in the target domain by means of Conceptualization. Relatedly, metonymy involves single domain mapping of an entity onto another entity, the vehicle gives access to another entity that is the target, in a single domain. Therefore, this book explorers the cognitive mechanisms which function in the creation of metaphorical and metonymical expressions of body part terms in the Hausa language.