“Conceptual Metaphors” in Cognitive Semantics: Research Status Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 73-102
Author(s):  
Jiyong Lee
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Semantics ◽  
Conceptual Metaphors ◽  
Research Status ◽  
Status Analysis

scholarly journals Source Domains of Smell Related Metaphorical Collocations: Study Based on Corpus of Contemporary American English

2020 ◽  
pp. 11-24
Author(s):  
Linas Selmistraitis ◽  
Renata Boikova
Keyword(s):  
Frequency Distribution ◽  
American English ◽  
Cognitive Semantics ◽  
Physical Force ◽  
Conceptual Metaphors ◽  
Target Words

The paper discusses source domains of smell related metaphorical collocations. The research is limited to metaphorical collocations with pleasant smell denoting words scent, fragrance, aroma, and perfume in the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA). The scope of the research is 2187 concordance lines (CL) containing metaphorical collocations with the words scent, fragrance, aroma, and perfume from 3580 CL containing any word phrase with the target words. The research is based on identification and description of the source domains of the collected metaphorical collocations with pleasant smell words, relating the source domains to underlying conceptual metaphors and determining the frequency distribution of the identified source domains. The following source domains were identified in the research: object, substance, physical force, and food. The analysis showed the frequency of source domains across all four groups forming smell related conceptual metaphors: object with 1833 instances of metaphorical collocations (84%), substance with 202 instances (9%), physical force with 130 instances (6%), and food with 22 instances (1%). The present study contributes to the development of cognitive semantics and its findings demonstrate which meanings are prevalent in human mentality when pleasant smell related metaphorical collocations are used.

scholarly journals Narzędnik afirmacji w wybranych językach słowiańskich

2015 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. 161-179
Author(s):  
Marcin Grygiel
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Cognitive Semantics ◽  
Analytic Model ◽  
Conceptual Metaphors ◽  
Semantic Classification ◽  
The Real ◽  
Physical Relation ◽  
Image Schemas ◽  
Linguistic Usage ◽  
Semantic Properties

Instrumental of affirmation in selected Slavic languagesIn the present article I argue that apart from the genitive of negation, Slavic also makes use of the instrumental of affirmation – but its recognition requires a more sophisticated, function-oriented analytic model, firmly grounded in the real linguistic usage and sensitive to semantic conditioning – such as cognitive semantics. The discussion offered seems to suggest that the Slavic instrumental is an inherently affirmative case, as opposed to genitive which has specialized in expressing partition, disjunction and negation, e.g. compare Pol. ciasto z orzechami/ Srb. kolač sa orasima ‘a cake with nuts INSTR’ vs. Pol. ciasto bez orzechów/ Srb. kolač bez oraha ‘a cake without nuts GEN’. Furthermore, because of its semantic properties, the instrumental case is attracted by positive contexts and acts as an intensifier of affirmation. Slavic instrumentals can be classified, on the basis of the positive meanings they imply, as instrumentals of completeness, instrumentals of conjunction and instrumentals of existence. The proposed semantic classification becomes more refined when image-schemas of CONTAINER, PATH, SURFACE and conceptual metaphors related to the physical relation of COVERAGE are included in the model.

A Cognitive Semantics Approach to Darwin’s Theory of Evolution

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Drogosz
Keyword(s):  
Natural Selection ◽  
Human Agency ◽  
Evolutionary Change ◽  
Cognitive Semantics ◽  
Scientific Theories ◽  
Conceptual Metaphors ◽  
Origin Of Species ◽  
Theory Of Evolution ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Comprehensive Study

DARWIN’S THEORY OF EVOLUTION ranks among the most influential of modern scientific theories. Applying the methodology of COGNITIVE SEMANTICS , this study investigates how metaphors based on domains of JOURNEY, STRUGGLE, TREE and HUMAN AGENCY serve to conceptualize key concepts of Darwin’s theory — such as evolutionary change, natural selection, and relationships among organisms. At the outset the author identifies original metaphors in The Origin of Species, to turn to their realizations in modern discourse on evolution in later chapters. Thus, the study uncovers how metaphors contribute to structuring the theory by expressing it in a coherent and attractive way, and how they provide mental tools for reasoning. As the first comprehensive study of conceptual metaphors that underlie Darwin’s theory and affect the way we talk and think about evolution, it may be of interest not only to linguists and evolutionary biologists but also to anyone interested in the interconnection between thought and language.

scholarly journals CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS USING ENGLISH NAUTICAL EXPRESSIONS

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ngo Thi Nhan
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Semantics ◽  
Conceptual Metaphors ◽  
Image Schemata ◽  
Insight Into

This study was conducted to investigate metaphors relating to nautical expressions. Among a number of approaches, cognitive semantics introduced by Saeed (2005) is adopted in this study. Besides, the insight into metaphor in terms of image schemata mainly has its foundation from the theory of conceptual metaphors established by Lakoff and Johnson (1980).The sentences containing nautical expressions with their metaphorical meanings were collected from maritime newspapers, magazines, books, websites, etc. and analyzed in terms of image schemata by the quantitative, qualitative, analytic, and descriptive methods. The findings reveal that the image schemata in nautical expression based metaphors are much diversediverse but uneven.

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