Chapter published in:
Metaphor and National Identity: Alternative conceptualization of the Treaty of Trianon
Orsolya Putz
[Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts 11] 2019
► pp. 185–214

Chapter 5
The alternative conceptualization of the Trianon peace treaty as a problem and its solutions

Article outline
  • 1.The alternative conceptualization of the problem
  • 2.The alternative conceptualization of the solution
    • 2.1The basis of alternative conceptualization
    • 2.2Restoring the status quo or a status that is similar to it, which are regarded as solutions to the problem
      • 2.2.1 integrity ICM: increasing a (country’s) territory is making an object integral
      • 2.2.2 size ICM: Increasing a country’s territory is increasing the size of an object
      • 2.2.3 possession ICM: increasing a country’s territory is acquiring (part of) an object back
      • 2.2.4 spatial arrangement ICM: increasing a country’s territory is changing the spatial arrangement of an object
    • 2.3The category ofpast constructed from the vantage point of the text producers
      • 2.3.1Increasing the size of the territory regarded as a solution
      • 2.3.2Increasing the territory of the country regarded not as a solution
    • 2.4The category of present constructed from the vantage point of the text producers
      • 2.4.1Increasing the territory of the country regarded as a solution
      • 2.4.2Increasing the territory of the country regarded not as a solution
    • 2.5Achieving a new status as the solution of the problem
      • 2.5.1The territory, population material and cultural resources of the country were reduced
      • 2.5.2Change of the self-image of the nation
      • 2.5.3Change of the relationship of the members of the nation
      • 2.5.4The change of Hungary’s relationship with other countries
      • 2.5.5The mental and emotional status of the nation
      • 2.5.6The peace treaty is unjust
      • 2.5.7Solutions to all of the problems (2–6) caused by the peace treaty of Trianon: the Day of National Cohesion category
  • 3.Summary