Mapping Meaning in Translation through Force Dynamics

Drawing on examples from literary and audiovisual media, this book explores the meaning transfer in translation with the theory of force dynamics as a case in point. The volume investigates how meaning patterns related to force dynamics are retained or transformed in translation. Rooted in Leonard Talmy’s cognitive semantics, force dynamics constitutes the faculty of construing the world in terms of entities interacting through force, reflecting his pioneering work within cognitive linguistics o