essential reference work to cognitive linguistics. It encompasses a wide range of
perspectives and approaches, covering all the key areas of cognitive linguistics and drawing …

Verbal synesthesia is generally considered to be a special type of metaphor involving
concepts stemming from distinct sensory domains. However, with the upsurge of metonymy …

Une étude sur l'adjectif qui propose la thèse suivante: l'adjectif se caractérise par un clivage
entre forme et fonction qui justifie son comportement: blocage prédicatif de certains adjectifs …

Synaesthesia in language consists in the combination of linguistic expressions referring to
different sensory modalities, as in bitter voice. In this chapter, we first address the debate on …

Embodiment is central to the Cognitive Linguistics enterprise. The grounding of language in
body experience is one of the major tenets of linguistic description at various levels of …

Languages do not always use specific perception words to refer to specific senses. A word
from one sense can metaphorically express another physical perception meaning. For …

(Prandi 2017), Michele Prandi descrive la relazione tra sinestesia e metonimia in termini di
concorrenza: la lettura dell'immagine dovrebbe muoversi su una soltanto delle due direttrici …