The heart as a source of semiosis: The case of Dutch

Culture, Body, and Language: Conceptualizations of Internal Body Organs across Cultures and Languages

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 373-394

  Foolen, Ad ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiocentrism; Cerebrocentrism; Dualism; Dutch; Embodiment; Emotion; Heart; Reason

Indexed keywords

EID: 84917233247     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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