This volume explores the grammatical properties of body-part expressions across a range of languages and language families in the Americas, including Arawakan,

The volume focuses on body part terms as the vehicle of embodied cognition and conceptualization. It explores the relationship between universal embodiment, lan

The papers of this volume investigate how grammar codes the subjective viewpoint of human language users, that is, how grammar reflects human conceptualization.

The author argues that, as the main function of language is to convey meaning, language structure must be considered with reference to this function. A treatmen

Spatial language - that is, the way languages structure the spatial domain – is an important area of research, offering insights into one of the most central