Chapter 2. Metaphor and metonymy in cognitive linguistics

2012 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Metaphor And Metonymy

Metaphor and metonymy in jokes

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 650-684
Author(s):  
Javier Herrero Ruiz
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Cognitive Linguistic ◽  
And Shifts ◽  
Linguistic Account ◽  
Metaphor And Metonymy

Abstract Over the last few years there has been a rapprochement between Cognitive Linguistics and semantic theories of humour based on the notion of script or frame. By drawing on Ritchie’s version of the theory of frame-shifting (2005) and reviewing the cognitive linguistic account of humour, we shall demonstrate how the interpretation of jokes containing a metaphor or a metonymy involves two cognitive-pragmatic tasks: the completion of the metaphorical/metonymic mapping that results in a new frame, and the resolution of the joke’s incongruity via a contrast with the surrounding frames of the joke. We also develop a classification of frame shifts according to their ontological structure (non-metaphorical/metonymic shifts and shifts based on metaphorical and/or metonymic reasoning) and the degree of the interpreter’s inferential activity (conceptual filling out and metaphor/metonymy replacement). In doing so, we attempt to identify some of the defining features of humorous metaphors and metonymies, as well as other phenomena that may also characterise jokes.

Application of Radial Categories to the Second Language Learning of Chinese Learners

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 972
Author(s):  
Xiaqing Li
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Second Language Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Language Teaching ◽  
Chinese Learners ◽  
Grammar Rules ◽  
Metaphor And Metonymy

As a relatively new discipline which raised in the 20th century Cognitive linguistics has gradually become the mainstream in the development of recent decades. In cognitive linguistics some major theories related with language teaching and learning are construal, categorization, encyclopedic knowledge, symbol, metaphor, and metonymy. In this paper being based on the theory of radial categories the author turns attention to second language learning to explore implications of performance of vocabulary, morphemes, grammar rules, phonology, and intonation in radial categories in the second language learning.

scholarly journals Pasażerowie w tajnym języku personelu pokładowego

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (XXII) ◽  
pp. 29-40
Author(s):  
Beata Marta Kopecka
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Linguistic Analysis ◽  
Flight Attendants ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Metaphor And Metonymy

This article is devoted to the linguistic analysis of terms referring to air passengers in the language of flight attendants. The term secret language denotes a subsection of the aviation slang used by cabin crews to communicate information meant not to be understood by passengers. The analysis, aiming at discovering the motivation for the creation of such terms, focuses on the role of metaphor and metonymy. Metaphor and metonymy are treated in accordance with the assumptions of cognitive linguistics.

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 What's in a title? The strategic use of metaphor and metonymy in "Some like it hot"

1999 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
María del Rosario Caballero Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Semantic Networks ◽  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
The One ◽  
Metaphor And Metonymy

The aim of this paper is to call attention upon the strategic and relevant use of the polysemous nature of language as it is instantiated in film titles such as the one in our discussion. The theoretical framework adopted in our analysis of the concept hot in our title is that of Cognitive Linguistics (Lakoff 1987; Langacker 1987), which explains polysemy in terms of conceptual organisation and categorisation. We defend that the cognitive approach to lexis as an array of semantic networks triggered by the words within them proves a useful explanation in solving a number of troublesome issues in the analysis of short texts like titles, namely the use of implicatures, polysemy, and the ambiguity usually resulting from both.

Translation Studies and the cognitive theory of metaphor

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 262-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva Samaniego Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Translation Studies ◽  
Main Concern ◽  
Translation Theory ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
True Nature ◽  
Descriptive Translation Studies ◽  
Metaphor And Metonymy

Although metaphor has always been a main concern in TS, little has been done to apply a far-raging cognitive theory of metaphor and metonymy to translation. As a rule, the few authors that have tried to deal with it are eclectic in their cognitive approach and show a prescriptive bias as concerns translation theory. However, thanks to the influence of disciplines like Cognitive Linguistics, among others, Descriptive Translation Studies (DTS) can undertake a more realistic study of metaphor translation which reflects the true nature of metaphor and the underlying regularities of its interlinguistic transfer, including cases excluded a priori by traditional studies for being ‘unfaithful’, ‘anomalous’ or ‘incorrect’ renderings.

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.

The Rigveda, the cognitive linguistics and the oral poetry

2004 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 605-613
Author(s):  
JOANNA JUREWICZ
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Oral Poetry ◽  
Metaphor And Metonymy

My aim is to show how the principal notions of cognitive linguistics, namely metaphor and metonymy are helpful in the analysis of the ancient Indian poetical text, the Rigveda. Their use enables us to reconstruct aspects of thinking of the Rigvedic poets and to explain some obscure metaphors. The basic way of conceptualization of desire in the Rigveda is presented.

scholarly journals Metaphor, metonymy and image-schemas : an analysis of conceptual interaction patterns

2002 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olga Isabel Díez Velasco
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Interaction Patterns ◽  
Target Domain ◽  
Image Schemas ◽  
Basic Functions ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Metaphor And Metonymy

In Cognitive Linguistics the study of conceptual interaction has attracted the attention of many scholars. Analyses have primarily focused on the role of image-schemas in the construction of metaphors and on the types of interplay that can take place between metaphor and metonymy. In this paper, we examine the role three image-schemas (namely, the CONTAINER, PART/WHOLE and EXCESS schemas) play in conceptual interaction, especially in relation to metonymy. Our analysis reveals that image-schemas have two basic functions: they structure the relationship that exists between the source and target domain of a metonymic mapping and they provide the axiological value of an expression. Finally, we discuss that the pervasiness of image-schematic structure in conceptual interaction between metaphor and metonymy

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