Ancient Roman Metaphors for Communication.
Everyday Roman beliefs about how communication occurred are founded on the process of breathing. Speaking is breathing, and hence words are breath. Words are formed in the chest, specifically the animus. In speaking they are "ejected" or "emitted" from the animus. Speech is either "breathed" or "pou...
| Publicado en: | Metaphor & Symbol Vol. 22; no. 1; pp. 41 - 79 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
2007
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