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[The sociolinguistic meaning of hand and nerves and their emotional expression]
Niklaus Egloff1, Nina Bischoff1
1Psychosomatische Medizin, Universitätsklinik für Neurologie, Inselspital Bern.
Abstract:
The sociolinguistic meaning of hand and nerves and their emotional expression Abstract. This article on the sociolinguistic occurrence of the hand and nerves in our everyday language reveals that the German language has a rich repertoire of metaphors and proverbs referring to fingers, hands, arms and nerves, expressing our feelings including pain. There are - on the one hand - not only plenty of expressions and phrases describing the physical purpose of the upper extremity, but - on the other hand - also countless metaphorical terms related to psychological, emotional or social contents. In contrast to medical terminology, everyday language does not hesitate to name the psychosocial dimension of things - High five!
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