Applying Cognitive Linguistics: Identifying some current research foci (figurative language in use, constructions and typology)

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Ana María Piquer-Píriz ◽  
Rafael Alejo-González
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Figurative Language

DYING IS HARD TO DESCRIBE: METONYMIES AND METAPHORS OF DEATH IN THEILIAD

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabian Horn
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Figurative Language ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
Abstract Concept ◽  
Abstract Concepts ◽  
Epic Poem ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Battle Scenes

Homer'sIliadis an epic poem full of war and battles, but scholars have noted that ‘[t]he Homeric poems are interested in death far more than they are in fighting’. Even though long passages of the poem, particularly the so-called ‘battle books’ (Il.Books 5–8, 11–17, 20–2), consist of little other than fighting, individual battles are often very short with hardly ever a longer exchange of blows. Usually, one strike is all it takes for the superior warrior to dispatch his opponent, and death occurs swiftly. The prominence of death in Homeric battle scenes raises the question of how and in which terms dying in battle is being depicted in theIliad: for while fighting can be described in a straightforward fashion, death is an abstract concept and therefore difficult to grasp. Recent developments in cognitive linguistics have ascertained that, when coping with difficult and abstract concepts, such as emotions, the human mind is likely to resort to figurative language and particularly to metaphors.

The Tuscan Paradise in E-Tourism

2018 ◽  
pp. 111-131
Author(s):  
Elisa Mattiello
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Figurative Language ◽  
Figures Of Speech ◽  
Tourism Websites

This chapter studies figurative language in Italian promotional tourism websites and their translations into English. It analyses figures of speech, such as metaphor, hyperbole, metonymy, and personification, within the framework of Cognitive Linguistics (Lakoff & Johnson 1980; Lakoff & Turner 1989; Lakoff 1993; Ruiz de Mendoza 1997; Ruiz de Mendoza & Pérez 2011). The aims of the analysis are, first, to investigate the relevance of figuration in original e-texts which promote Tuscany, and, second, to inspect whether web translators adopt the same strategies to persuade their readers in the English renditions. Results show the importance of figuration across languages and cultures, both for promoters and for translators. However, they also show how translators of promotional tourist texts can 1) omit to render figuration, 2) activate different conceptual mappings between or within new domains when rendering figuration, or 3) introduce new figurative language to increase the text's persuasive effects.

Semantic mapping: What happens to idioms in discourse

Linguistics ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Owens ◽  
Robin Dodsworth
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Figurative Language ◽  
Semantic Mapping ◽  
Conceptual Metaphors ◽  
Leading Role

AbstractIdioms have generally played a supporting rather than a leading role in research on figurative language. In Cognitive Linguistics for instance idioms have been understood against how they are embedded in conceptual metaphors (Lakoff

Applying Cognitive Linguistics

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Ana María Piquer-Píriz ◽  
Rafael Alejo-González
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Approach ◽  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Figurative Language ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Introductory Article ◽  
Metaphor And Metonymy

In recent years, Cognitive Linguistics (CL) has established itself not only as a solid theoretical approach but also as an important source from which different applications to other fields have emerged. In this introductory article, we explore some of the current, most relevant topics in applied CL-oriented studies grouped into three main strands: Analyses of figurative language (both metaphor and metonymy) in use, constructions and typology. An outline of the contents of the eight chapters included in this special issue is provided, explaining their contributions to these research areas and highlighting their methodological rigour.

scholarly journals Conceptualizing the metaphors of drug abusers

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-91
Author(s):  
Monika Gyuró
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Processes ◽  
Drug Users ◽  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Figurative Language ◽  
Language Use ◽  
Drug Abusers ◽  
Drug Addicts ◽  
Recreational Drug ◽  
Personal Meanings ◽  
Thematic Approach

Abstract The intention of this article is to demonstrate, within the framework of cognitive linguistics (Lakoff and Johnson, 1980a), how slang words associated with substance abuse are conceptualized via metaphors. This study analyses recreational drug slang terms found in the Drug Slang Dictionary in order to reveal categories of metaphors involved in drug users’ language. The results of the data analysis effectively reveal that, within a thematic approach, classes of metaphor are coded to enable connections between metaphorical concepts and drug addicts’ physiological experiences in order to present their personal meanings and cognitive processes. The study also involves drug addicts’ narratives to identify conceptual metaphors in their experiences. Notably, it is argued within this research that figurative language use is also connected to the cultural background of users to a great extent.

scholarly journals Aspects of metonymy in language and thought

2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-70
Author(s):  
Katarina Rasulic
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Figurative Language ◽  
Meaning Construction ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Prototype Model ◽  
Language And Thought ◽  
Interdisciplinary Perspective ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Insight Into

Based on the theoretical insights from cognitive linguistics, this paper aims to shed fresh light on certain aspects of metonymy as one of the basic mechanisms of conceptualsemantic organization. It is argued that the prototype model of categorization can provide substantial explanatory potential in the linguistic treatment of metonymy, that anthropocentricity is an important aspect of metonymic conceptualization, and that metonymy has multiple roles in the creation of meaning, including meaning extension, meaning construction and meaning imposition. The significance of investigating the multifaceted character of metonymic conceptualization (as well as of figurative language and thought in general) from an interdisciplinary perspective is highlighted as fundamental for a more comprehensive insight into the nature of meaning.

scholarly journals Cognitive Metonymic Models of ‘Hollywood’: Corpus Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (2) ◽  
pp. 63-70
Author(s):  
Yelena S. Milkevich
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Figurative Language ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Corpus Analysis ◽  
Text Corpora ◽  
Numerous Data ◽  
Metaphor And Metonymy

Within the framework of cognitive linguistics metonymy exists only between concepts belonging to the same Idealized Cognitive Model (ICM). Metonymic relationships between concepts are not chaotic but regulated by a set of cognitive and communicative principles. They dictate the choice of metonymic source and metonymic target. Cognitive linguistics also assume, that we think in terms of metaphor and metonymy, so they are not examples of our creativity in figurative language, but regular, standard and default. This fact is proven by numerous data from text corpora. The case study of the article is the ICM ‘Hollywood’ and its metonymic models.

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