Ruth W. Ndung’u

List of John Benjamins publications in which Ruth W. Ndung’u is involved.

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Gatambuki Gathigia, Moses, Ruth W. Ndung’u and Daniel Ochieng Orwenjo 2015 When romantic love in Gĩkũyũ becomes a human body part: A cognitive approach Cognitive Linguistic Studies 2:1, pp. 79–93 | Article
Studies in Cognitive Linguistics show that metaphors are fundamental to the structuring of people’s thought and language (Sweetser 1990; Kövecses 2009). It is against this backdrop that this study discusses human body parts as metaphors of conceptualizing love in Gĩkũyũ. To achieve this objective,… read more
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