Chapter 1 Cross-Linguistic ‘Face’ Expressions and Extensions
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Abstract
This chapter synthesizes general patterns of ‘face’ extensions found across languages. With data from previously published work representing many languages and language families, I show common pathways of semantic extension for ‘face’. I demonstrate how each pattern is rooted in bodily-based salient features of the face: position, shape, size, and function.