Windows to the Mind : : Metaphor, Metonymy and Conceptual Blending /

Windows to the Mind : : Metaphor, Metonymy and Conceptual Blending / / ed. by Hans-Jörg Schmid, Sandra Handl.

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Cognitive linguists are convinced that the nature of linguistic structures is strongly influenced by the way we experience and perceive the world and by how we conceptualize and construe these experiences and perceptions in our minds. At the same time, the study of linguistic structure and usage is...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
MitwirkendeR:
Ahrens, Kathleen,
Benczes, Réka,
Bublitz, Wolfram,
Dobrovol\x27skij, Dmitrij,
Glaznieks, Aivars,
Hampe, Beate,
Handl, Sandra,
Kok, Siaohui,
Kövecses, Zoltán,
Nerlich, Brigitte,
Petrica, Monica,
Schmid, Hans-Jörg,
Tribushinina, Elena,
HerausgeberIn:
Handl, Sandra,
Schmid, Hans-Jörg,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR] , 48
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Physical Description:1 online resource (314 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of contents
  • List of contributors
  • Introduction
  • Part I: Metaphor and metonymy: Fundamental issues
  • Methodological issues in conceptual metaphor theory
  • The structure of metaphor and idiom semantics (a cognitive approach)
  • Why focus on target domains? The importance of domain knowledge in children’s understanding of metaphors
  • Salience and the conventionality of metonymies
  • Part II: Metaphor and metonymy: Usage-based investigations
  • The role of metaphor scenarios in disease management discourses: Foot and mouth disease and avian influenza
  • “Overt” vs. “covert” cultural variance in metaphor usage: ‘Europe’ vs. Malta and the EU-membership debate
  • Examining conceptual metaphor models through lexical frequency patterns: A case study of U.S. presidential speeches
  • Metaphor, constructional ambiguity and the causative resultatives
  • Part III: Conceptual blending
  • Conceptual blending, relevance and novel N+N-compounds
  • Blending and creativity in metaphorical compounds: A diachronic investigation
  • Reference points in adjective-noun conceptual integration networks
  • Conceptual blending, evaluation and common ground: George W. Bush and Saddam as friend or foe?
  • Index.

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