Lexical and grammatical dimensions of metaphor – a Cognitive Grammar perspective
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Barbara Taraszka-Drożdż
Abstract
Metaphor – a popular issue in Cognitive Linguistics – is also a topic discussed within Cognitive Grammar (e.g. Langacker 2000, 2008). There, metaphor is viewed as a type of semantic extension that can be characterized at different levels of schematicity. This approach inevitably evokes the notion of meaning and, from the perspective of CG, meaning is not only the conceptual content but also the manner in which this content is construed. Adopting this type of analysis, we indicate the resultant interplay between lexical and grammatical dimensions in the account of metaphorical extensions. To achieve this aim, we analyze metaphorical extensions of French lexical items referring to light.
Abstract
Metaphor – a popular issue in Cognitive Linguistics – is also a topic discussed within Cognitive Grammar (e.g. Langacker 2000, 2008). There, metaphor is viewed as a type of semantic extension that can be characterized at different levels of schematicity. This approach inevitably evokes the notion of meaning and, from the perspective of CG, meaning is not only the conceptual content but also the manner in which this content is construed. Adopting this type of analysis, we indicate the resultant interplay between lexical and grammatical dimensions in the account of metaphorical extensions. To achieve this aim, we analyze metaphorical extensions of French lexical items referring to light.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Introduction 1
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Part I: Theoretical and methodological issues
- Toward an integrated view of structure, processing, and discourse 23
- Looking into introspection 55
- Virtual lexicogrammar 75
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Part II: The semantics and pragmatics of morphosyntactic constructions
- From the meaning of the concrete noun to its grammatical property and back 95
- What? You and me get together? The place of the Incredulity Response Construction in the lexicon-syntax continuum 121
- The binding hierarchy and infinitival complementation in English and in Polish 143
- The conceptual structure of reflexivity in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle , Manuscript E 161
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Part III: Figuration and lexicogrammatical structure
- Lexical and grammatical dimensions of metaphor – a Cognitive Grammar perspective 175
- The interplay of metaphor and metonymy in English noun+noun compounds 193
- Towards an experientially-based classification of motion situations 211
- Space and time in medium-mediated expressions of distance 229
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Part IV: Morphological and phonological structure
- Headedness of coordinate compounds in Polish and English 243
- Word-specific phonology 261
- Name index 277
- Subject index 279
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- Introduction 1
-
Part I: Theoretical and methodological issues
- Toward an integrated view of structure, processing, and discourse 23
- Looking into introspection 55
- Virtual lexicogrammar 75
-
Part II: The semantics and pragmatics of morphosyntactic constructions
- From the meaning of the concrete noun to its grammatical property and back 95
- What? You and me get together? The place of the Incredulity Response Construction in the lexicon-syntax continuum 121
- The binding hierarchy and infinitival complementation in English and in Polish 143
- The conceptual structure of reflexivity in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle , Manuscript E 161
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Part III: Figuration and lexicogrammatical structure
- Lexical and grammatical dimensions of metaphor – a Cognitive Grammar perspective 175
- The interplay of metaphor and metonymy in English noun+noun compounds 193
- Towards an experientially-based classification of motion situations 211
- Space and time in medium-mediated expressions of distance 229
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Part IV: Morphological and phonological structure
- Headedness of coordinate compounds in Polish and English 243
- Word-specific phonology 261
- Name index 277
- Subject index 279
