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Theory of names and cognitive linguistics: The case of the metaphor [PDF]
Filozofija i drustvo, 2010 The philosophical and, in a lesser degree, linguistic debate about the notion of names has been raging for a long time. The processes behind naming are presented and explained in various ways. This paper will try to give a new insight into the motivation behind the creation of new names as seen from the linguistics viewpoint.
Nikola Dobric +2 more
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KOGNITIVNA TEORIJA METAFORE I ANALIZA FRAZEMA
Jezikoslovlje, 2005 We wish to establish to what extent the methods of analysis developed within the framework of the Cognitive Theory of Metaphor (CTM) can be applied to idiom analysis. Conventionalised figurative metaphors, and hence idioms, have a different function and a different cognitive and communicative value, as compared to novel metaphors.
Dobrovol’skij, Dmitrij +1 more
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Opposition theory and computational semiotics
Sign Systems Studies, 2015 Opposition theory suggests that binary oppositions (e.g., high vs. low) underlie basic cognitive and linguistic processes. However, opposition theory has never been implemented in a computational cognitive-semiotics model.
Dan Assaf +3 more
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Křesťanství jako pravdivý mýtus: Kognitivní teorie metafory a její význam pro fundamentální teologii
Acta Universitatis Carolinae Theologica, 2018 The aim of the article is to investigate the theory of conceptual metaphor with regard to its possible use in fundamental theology. Instead of focusing on the analysis of concrete metaphors, the article argues that it is first necessary to reflect on the
Barbora Šmejdová
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Cognitive Metaphor Theory and the Metaphysics of Immediacy [PDF]
Cognitive Science, 2015 AbstractOne of the core tenets of cognitive metaphor theory is the claim that metaphors ground abstract knowledge in concrete, first‐hand experience. In this paper, I argue that this grounding hypothesis contains some problematic conceptual ambiguities and, under many reasonable interpretations, empirical difficulties. I present evidence that there are
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, 2020 Metaphor can be considered as a figure of speech. Moreover, it also represents a human cognitive activity, manifesting its cultural information.
ZHANG, Jie
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Feminine Conceptual Metaphors in the Poetry of Forough Farrokhzad and Ghadat al-Saman [PDF]
ادبیات تطبیقی, 2019 Contrary to traditional theories where metaphor was considered as one of the four rhetorical techniques, in cognitive theory, metaphor literary language is not unique to literary language, but it exists in the totality of language.
Saeed Zohrevand, Hossein Jabbarpur
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A Conceptual Study of Metaphorical Illustration Applied for Hellfire in Qur’anic Text
Journal of Islamic and Religious Studies, 2020 This study aims to explore the metaphors of fire and hell from Holy Qur'ān utilizing conceptual analysis and by keeping in view the discussion of cognitive linguistic and cognitive perspectives of metaphor.
Musferah Mehfooz +2 more
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IDIOMS IN ACTION: A CASE OF CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR THEORY VS BLENDING THEORY
Novìtnâ Osvìta, 2019 This paper addresses the question of how the Conceptual Metaphor Theory with its well-established mechanism of cross-domain conceptual mappings, on the one hand, and the Conceptual Integration Theory, or Blending Theory with its mechanism of combining ...
Yurii Kovalyuk
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NJES: Nordic Journal of English studies, 2006 The editorial board hopes with this special issue on metaphor to illustrate some tendencies in current metaphor research. In our ‘Call for papers’ we had originally signalled that we wanted contributions dealing with both linguistic and literary ...
Kay Wikberg
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