Chapter 3. Analogy in action
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Adam Glaz
Abstract
Analogy as structural similarity is assumed to play a fundamental role in human cognition. This study is concerned with analogies between spatiotemporal orientation, linguistically-coded perspectival frames, and cultural experience. Two major types of orientational frames, and thus of cultural perspectival frames, are postulated: egocentric and allocentric. Those, however, may also be combined into complex hybrid configurations. A case study of a sample of press discourse is offered, where the egocentric, allocentric, and hybrid perspectival frames are shown to be interwoven. Ultimately, it is hypothesised that the frames can be extrapolated onto the level of conventionalised, communal perspectives, i.e. cultural models. Analogy is thus shown to be a powerful, robust cognitive mechanism operating across a variety of domains.
Abstract
Analogy as structural similarity is assumed to play a fundamental role in human cognition. This study is concerned with analogies between spatiotemporal orientation, linguistically-coded perspectival frames, and cultural experience. Two major types of orientational frames, and thus of cultural perspectival frames, are postulated: egocentric and allocentric. Those, however, may also be combined into complex hybrid configurations. A case study of a sample of press discourse is offered, where the egocentric, allocentric, and hybrid perspectival frames are shown to be interwoven. Ultimately, it is hypothesised that the frames can be extrapolated onto the level of conventionalised, communal perspectives, i.e. cultural models. Analogy is thus shown to be a powerful, robust cognitive mechanism operating across a variety of domains.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Editors and contributors ix
- Foreword xi
- Introduction 1
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Part I. From theory to data-driven research
- Chapter 1. What could be more fundamental? 15
- Chapter 2. Diagrammatic iconicity and rendering time in a narrative text 47
- Chapter 3. Analogy in action 61
- Chapter 4. ‘My enemy’s enemy is my friend.’ 83
- Chapter 5. Contrast and analogy in aspectual distinctions of English and Polish 115
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Part II. From data-driven research to theory
- Chapter 6. From nouns to verbs 159
- Chapter 7. Complex prepositions of analogy and contrast in English 193
- Chapter 8. Emergent categories 245
- Chapter 9. A case of constructional contamination in English 283
- Chapter 10. Analogy and contrast at the morphology-syntax interface 303
- Chapter 11. Modeling constructional variation 341
- Chapter 12. Moving reader or moving text? 371
- Chapter 13. Contrasts and analogies in cluster categories of emotion concepts in monolingual and cross-linguistic contexts 405
- Index 439
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents vii
- Editors and contributors ix
- Foreword xi
- Introduction 1
-
Part I. From theory to data-driven research
- Chapter 1. What could be more fundamental? 15
- Chapter 2. Diagrammatic iconicity and rendering time in a narrative text 47
- Chapter 3. Analogy in action 61
- Chapter 4. ‘My enemy’s enemy is my friend.’ 83
- Chapter 5. Contrast and analogy in aspectual distinctions of English and Polish 115
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Part II. From data-driven research to theory
- Chapter 6. From nouns to verbs 159
- Chapter 7. Complex prepositions of analogy and contrast in English 193
- Chapter 8. Emergent categories 245
- Chapter 9. A case of constructional contamination in English 283
- Chapter 10. Analogy and contrast at the morphology-syntax interface 303
- Chapter 11. Modeling constructional variation 341
- Chapter 12. Moving reader or moving text? 371
- Chapter 13. Contrasts and analogies in cluster categories of emotion concepts in monolingual and cross-linguistic contexts 405
- Index 439
