Figurative Thought and Language in Action
Editors
The contents of the volume prove the vitality of cognitive linguistic studies of figuration when combined with new research methodologies, in tandem with other disciplines, and also when applied to an ever broader range of topics. Individual chapters are concerned not only with some fundamental issues of defining and delimiting metaphor and metonymy, with the impact of figuration on grammatical forms, but are also exemplary discussions of how figurative language is processed and understood, as well as studies of practical ramifications of the use of figurative language in various types of discourse (the language of media, politics and healthcare communication). Most of the volume assumes a synchronic perspective, but diachronic coverage of processes is not missing either. In short, the volume demonstrates how rewarding it is to return to the true origins of cognitive linguistics for new inspiration and take a fresh start promising a true cornucopia of future results.
[Figurative Thought and Language, 16] 2022. vi, 287 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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Figurative thought and language research in the 21st century: Back to the futureMario Brdar and Rita Brdar-Szabó | pp. 1–16
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Part 1. Modeling figurative thought and language
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Important challenges in the study of metaphorsRaymond W. Gibbs | pp. 19–36
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A Cognitive Grammar approach to ‘metonymy’Cristiano Broccias | pp. 37–58
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Targetting metonymic targetsMario Brdar and Rita Brdar-Szabó | pp. 59–86
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Part 2. The impact of figurative thought on linguistic structures
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The effect of figurative thought on basic level categorization: How categories come to be formed and namedGábor Győri | pp. 89–112
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Reconsidering accounts of the grammaticalization of auxiliaries: The cases of be-going-to and have-perfectFrank Polzenhagen | pp. 113–140
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Physical and communicative force in Caused-Motion constructions: What they entail and what they implicateKlaus-Uwe Panther | pp. 141–164
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Part 3. Processing of figurative language: Two case studies on irony
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Embodied simulations and verbal irony comprehensionHerbert L. Colston, Michelle Nicole (Sime), Maija Pumphrey, Eleanor Kinney Baltakys, Xina Evangelista, Nathan Vandermolen-Pater and Graham Tomkins Feeny | pp. 167–184
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Verbal and situational irony: On the conceptual mechanisms underlying two patterns of ironyBranimir Belaj and Goran Tanacković Faletar | pp. 185–212
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Part 4. Figurative thought and language in use
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Metonymies of migration: Media discourse about and by migrantsTheresa Catalano and Linda R. Waugh | pp. 215–236
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Draining the swamp: Creative figurative language in political discourseSanja Berberović and Nihada Delibegović Džanić | pp. 237–258
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Being in the same boat, in two ways: Conflict metaphors in health careÁgnes Kuna, Naike Bochatay, Sara Kim and Márta Csabai | pp. 259–284
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Index | pp. 285–287
“This is an exciting new book on figurativity in language and thought. The authors take up some of the most fundamental issues concerning metaphor, metonymy, blending, irony in cognitive linguistics, such as the nature and definition of metaphor and metonymy, the interplay between figurativity and grammar, the processing of irony, embodiment and metaphoricity, the social dimensions of metaphor use, to name just a few. In reading the book, we gain a fresh understanding of what figurativity really involves, how it works, and what makes it important”
Zoltán Kövecses
“To conclude, the edited volume Figurative Thought and Language in Action showcases the latest research into figuration in Cognitive Linguistics across different methodologies, disciplines, and cultures. ... We fully recommend this volume to both novices and established scholars in the field of figurative language research either as a ladder to further their research or as a reference to refresh and deepen their insights into pertinent figuration research.”
Kun Yang, Southwest University, China, in Metaphor and the Social World 13:1 (2023)
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFK: Grammar, syntax
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009060: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax