Cognitive collages and other mental representations of address forms and strategies
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Sandi Michele de Oliveira
Abstract
Little attention has been given to the cognitive mechanisms underlying speaker assessments and address form selection. The examination of cognitive strategies leads to a discussion of the conceptual metaphors Portuguese speakers have used in discussing address over the past 25 years. The metaphors fall into three categories: (1) metaphors which are unambiguously spatial, representing the relative position of speaker and hearer; (2) metaphors which are non-spatial in a physical sense yet represent relational distance; and (3) metaphors which relate to the ongoing negotiation of social relationships. Although metaphors in this third category are even further away from the core idea of spatiality, the author argues that the negotiation process itself is a symbolically spatial process.
Abstract
Little attention has been given to the cognitive mechanisms underlying speaker assessments and address form selection. The examination of cognitive strategies leads to a discussion of the conceptual metaphors Portuguese speakers have used in discussing address over the past 25 years. The metaphors fall into three categories: (1) metaphors which are unambiguously spatial, representing the relative position of speaker and hearer; (2) metaphors which are non-spatial in a physical sense yet represent relational distance; and (3) metaphors which relate to the ongoing negotiation of social relationships. Although metaphors in this third category are even further away from the core idea of spatiality, the author argues that the negotiation process itself is a symbolically spatial process.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction to deixis and pronouns in Romance languages 1
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Part I. Deixis and grammatical paradigms
- Deixis and person in the development of Greek personal pronominal paradigms 19
- First person strong pronouns in spoken French 33
- Preservation, modification, and innovation. Paradigmatic reorganisation of the system of personal pronouns – from Latin into Modern Italian 49
- On the grammar of kinship 69
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Part II. Deixis and impersonality
- Impersonality in Spanish personal pronouns 87
- The Spanish impersonal se -construction 109
- Diaphasic variation and change in French pronouns 125
- Clitic subjects in French text messages 147
- The use of personal deixis as an ideological instrument in Spanish political discourse 171
- Cognitive collages and other mental representations of address forms and strategies 189
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Part IV. Deixis and the verbal system
- The relevance of deixis in the description of the predicative relative clause 207
- The marking of person deixis in the French future system – a diachronic approach 227
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Part V. Deixis in a metalinguistic perspective
- Place deixis in the 16th century grammars of Italy 253
- Deixis and reference in the treatment of personal pronouns and demonstratives in Francesco Soave 273
- Name index 285
- Subject index 287
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction to deixis and pronouns in Romance languages 1
-
Part I. Deixis and grammatical paradigms
- Deixis and person in the development of Greek personal pronominal paradigms 19
- First person strong pronouns in spoken French 33
- Preservation, modification, and innovation. Paradigmatic reorganisation of the system of personal pronouns – from Latin into Modern Italian 49
- On the grammar of kinship 69
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Part II. Deixis and impersonality
- Impersonality in Spanish personal pronouns 87
- The Spanish impersonal se -construction 109
- Diaphasic variation and change in French pronouns 125
- Clitic subjects in French text messages 147
- The use of personal deixis as an ideological instrument in Spanish political discourse 171
- Cognitive collages and other mental representations of address forms and strategies 189
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Part IV. Deixis and the verbal system
- The relevance of deixis in the description of the predicative relative clause 207
- The marking of person deixis in the French future system – a diachronic approach 227
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Part V. Deixis in a metalinguistic perspective
- Place deixis in the 16th century grammars of Italy 253
- Deixis and reference in the treatment of personal pronouns and demonstratives in Francesco Soave 273
- Name index 285
- Subject index 287
