scholarly journals Pragmatic functions of anglicisms in the Montenegrin language

2021 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 171-186
Author(s):  
Jovana Đurčević ◽  
Nataša Kostić
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Cognitive Linguistic ◽  
Linguistic Approach

This paper deals with the traditional distinction between necessary and unnecessary loanwords as a problematic one because it marginalises the functions of so-called unnecessary loanwords. By adopting a cognitive-linguistic approach, this paper aims to highlight the importance of both types of loanwords from a language user’s point of view. To this end, we examine anglicisms in Montenegrin on the basis of a new pragmatic model which distinguishes between catachrestic and non-catachrestic loanwords (Onysko, Winter-Froemel 2011). Our study has shown that the pragmatic distinction of anglicisms is possible in Montenegrin, thereby proving it is unacceptable to divide them into necessary and unnecessary ones. The results also show that anglicisms do not always have all the characteristics typical of their categories, which brings us back to the cognitive-linguistic approach we have taken in our study.

Animation of grammar – Interplay of cognitive linguistics and multimedia learning: The example of German modal auxiliaries

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsiaryna El-Bouz
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Multimedia Learning ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Cognitive Linguistic ◽  
Modal Auxiliaries ◽  
Linguistic Approach ◽  
Educational Aspect ◽  
Root Modality

Abstract This article explores German modal auxiliaries as a means of expressing root modality from a cognitive linguistic point of view. Special attention is paid to the educational aspect in the context of teaching German as a foreign language. The article presents an innovative didactic concept for German modal auxiliaries based on the cognitive linguistic approach and implemented through animations. The effectiveness of this concept was tested in an empirical study, the findings of which also presented and discussed in the article.

Economic thought in the 17th and 18th centuries: a linguistic approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 260-270
Author(s):  
Iara Vigo de Lima
Keyword(s):  
Economic Thought ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Front Position ◽  
History Of ◽  
Epistemological Model ◽  
Theory Of Language ◽  
Theory Of Value ◽  
Linguistic Approach ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse Michel Foucault’s new epistemological model regarding an analogy between the theory of language and economic thought in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Design/methodology/approach – Through the scrutiny of language, Foucault intended to demonstrate that some analogies, among different branches of knowledge (interdiscursive practice), allow us to apprehend the underlying configuration of thought regarding ontological and epistemological conditions that have historically determined knowledge. He draws a parallel between four theoretical segments borrowed from general grammar (Attribution, Articulation, Designation and Derivation) and economic thought on wealth. Findings – One of the most remarkable propositions of this approach is that the theory of language and economic thought were epistemologically isomorphic in that context. What the theory of language stated in relation to “attribution” and “articulation” corresponded to the “theory of value” in economic thought. What grammar investigated regarding “designation” and “derivation” was analogous to the “theory of money and trade” in economic thought. The relationships that were – directly and diagonally – identified between and among them led to the conclusion that there was ‘a circular and surface causality’ in economic thought insofar as “circulation” preceded “production”. It was “superficial” because it could not find an explanation for the cause of “wealth”, which was only possible when “production” was placed in the front position of theories. Practical implications – Such an epistemological point of view can inspire other studies in the history of economic thought. Originality/value – This paper offers a perspective on how to think about the history of ontological and epistemological conditions of economic thought.

scholarly journals TEACHING SERBIAN LEARNERS ENGLISH PHRASAL VERBS: THE TRADITIONAL APPROACH VS. THE COGNITIVE LINGUISTIC APPROACH

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
Srđan M. Gajdoš
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Phrasal Verbs ◽  
Direct Translation ◽  
Cognitive Linguistic ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Linguistic Approach ◽  
Experimental Group ◽  
Better Than

This study examines the results obtained by using the traditional and the cognitive approach to teaching phrasal verbs. The control group was taught phrasal verbs using the traditional way i.e. by providing a direct translation into Serbian. In the experimental group the author presented the verbs by explaining the meanings of the very particles and the meanings they develop. Both groups were given a test immediately after they received input. They were also tested on the meanings of untaught phrasal verbs three weeks later. Utilising the cognitive approach helped the students learn the phrasal verbs more successfully. The students who knew various meanings of the particles were able to understand the meanings of the whole phrasal verbs better. The experimental group was able to predict the meanings of the untaught phrasal verbs in the delayed test better than the control group.

scholarly journals Parsing satirical humor: a model of cognitive-linguistic satire analysis / Raščlanjivanje satiričkog humora: primjer kognitivnolingvističke analize satire

2019 ◽  
pp. 231-253
Author(s):  
Adi Maslo
Keyword(s):  
General Theory ◽  
Visual Input ◽  
Fake News ◽  
The Daily Show ◽  
Daily Show ◽  
Cognitive Linguistic ◽  
Linguistic Approach

Even though not all satire needs to be funny, it is the humorous element that makes it amusing. This paper attempts at explaining the humorous element along with the inner working of satire from a Cognitive Linguistic viewpoint. This paper proposes an integrated Cognitive-Linguistic approach to verbal and visual satire, and the humor ensuing therefrom. By employing Blending Theory and General Theory of Verbal Humor (GTVH), the aim is to structure a comprehensive ready-made model for future satire analysis. The present study analyses satire in the fake news TV format of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, a highly potent resource of both verbal and visual type of satire and humor. The results of the study elicit three main features of the satirical discourse of the show – ridicule, visual input, and cultural reference. Besides having significance for satire research, the results of the paper also raise questions on the general understanding of language.

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