Tanja Gradečak-Erdeljić
List of John Benjamins publications for which Tanja Gradečak-Erdeljić plays a role.
Articles
2022 Rosie the Riveter of the COVID time: A case study on figurative intervisuality Living Metaphors and Metonymies, Brdar, Mario and Rita Brdar-Szabó (eds.), pp. 258–289 | Article
Cyclic repetition can be observed in the use of figurative elements in the conceptualization of the coronavirus crisis, involving visual intertextuality or intervisuality. An example is provided by Rosie the Riveter, an iconic image from WW2, which has become extremely popular in recent times.… read more
2011 Metonymy at the crossroads: A case of euphemisms and dysphemisms Defining Metonymy in Cognitive Linguistics: Towards a consensus view, Benczes, Réka, Antonio Barcelona and Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez (eds.), pp. 147–166 | Article
The chapter uses two small-scale studies to examine the effects of metonymy in political discourse. We re-examine some theoretical constructs proposed as definitional of metonymy, particularly pragmatic function (Barcelona, 2003a) and inclusion of the source and target in the same functional domain… read more