Zouhair Maalej
List of John Benjamins publications in which Zouhair Maalej is involved.
Book series
ISSN 1879-8047
Topics in Address Research
Edited by Horst J. Simon, Bettina Kluge, John Hajek, María Irene Moyna and Víctor Fernández-Mallat
ISSN 2405-9269
Title
Embodiment via Body Parts: Studies from various languages and cultures
Edited by Zouhair Maalej and Ning Yu
Research on the “embodiment hypothesis” within cognitive linguistics and beyond is growing steadily aiming to bridge language, culture, and cognition. This volume seeks to address the question regarding what specific roles individual body parts play in the embodied conceptualization of emotions,… read more[Human Cognitive Processing, 31] 2011. ix, 258 pp.
2023 Fruits and plants, grains and seeds, birds, precious metals, and substances, or the conceptualization of colors in Tunisian Arabic Perception, Culture and Language, Baranyiné Kóczy, Judit and Rita Brdar-Szabó (eds.), pp. 270–293 | Article
Two opposed views dominate the color scene: Universalism and relativism. Each view has been shown to have fallen short of fully accounting for color perception and naming across languages and cultures. Beyond this controversy, the current article proposes cultural neuroscience as an alternative… read more
2018 To be or not to be your son’s father/mother: A cognitive-pragmatic perspective on terms of address in Najdi and Tunisian Arabic Pragmatics 28:1, pp. 29–60 | Article
The current article offers a comparative account of the address system of two dialects of Arabic, Najdi and Tunisian Arabic. Capitalizing on the theory of Idealized Cognitive Model, the article defends the view that the two systems display Idealized models, which are central to the system, and… read more
2013 Framing and manipulation of person deixis in Hosni Mubarak’s last three speeches: A cognitive-pragmatic approach Pragmatics 23:4, pp. 633–659 | Article
The “Arab Spring,” as the revolutions in some Arab countries were called by the international media, was triggered by the “Jasmine Revolt” in Tunisia, which provoked a domino effect to some Arab leaders, starting from Tunisia and spreading to Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria, etc. Using the insights of… read more
2011 Figurative dimensions of 3ayn ‘eye’ in Tunisian Arabic Embodiment via Body Parts: Studies from various languages and cultures, Maalej, Zouhair and Ning Yu (eds.), pp. 213–240 | Article
In Tunisian Arabic (TA), ‘heart’ is the most productive body part term in the conceptualization of emotions, cultural values, character traits, and mental faculties (Maalej 2004, 2008). Next in productivity is the outer body part 3ayn ‘eye’. The eye offers the following imaginative configurations:… read more
2011 Introduction: Embodiment via body parts Embodiment via Body Parts: Studies from various languages and cultures, Maalej, Zouhair and Ning Yu (eds.), pp. 1–20 | Article
2008 Metaphors of learning and knowledge in the Tunisian context: A case of re-categorization Metaphors for Learning: Cross-cultural Perspectives, Berendt, Erich A. (ed.), pp. 205–223 | Article
2007 6. The embodiment of fear expressions in Tunisian Arabic: Theoretical and practical implications Applied Cultural Linguistics: Implications for second language learning and intercultural communication, Sharifian, Farzad † and Gary B. Palmer (eds.), pp. 87–104 | Chapter
The study investigates the conceptualization of fear in Tunisian Arabic, arguing that fear shows three types of “cultural embodiment”: (i) seemingly physiological, where the fear expression profiles a part of the body physiologically thought to be affected by fear, (ii) culturally driven, where the… read more