Figurativity and Human Ecology
Edited by Alexandra Bagasheva, Bozhil Hristov and Nelly Tincheva
[Figurative Thought and Language, 17] 2022. vi, 307 pp.
Nelly Tincheva
List of John Benjamins publications for which Nelly Tincheva plays a role.
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Subjects Cognition and language | Theoretical linguistics
2024 Political language gaffes and the importance of Hearer’s meaning Pragmatics and Society: Online-First Articles | Article
Drawing on Hansen and Terkourafi’s (2023) model of Hearer’s meaning, the paper discusses cognitive mechanisms through which hearers interpret political language gaffes (e.g. former U.S. President Trump’s “Despite the constant negative press covfefe”). The paper approaches political language… read more
2023 ‘Narrative structure’, ‘rhetorical structure’, ‘text structure’: A conceptual complex meets text- and discourse‑world profiling shifts English Text Construction 16:1, pp. 30–58 | Article
The paper seeks to provide a cognitive-linguistic re-interpretation of the centuries-old notion of whole-text structure. The investigation presented here draws on 317 data sources selected through a scoping literature review. The paper demonstrates how text structure, narrative structure,… read more
2022 Introduction: Figurativity in human ecology Figurativity and Human Ecology, Bagasheva, Alexandra, Bozhil Hristov and Nelly Tincheva (eds.), pp. 1–12 | Chapter
2022 Political speeches: Conceptual metaphor meets text worlds and gestalt psychology’s shifts in profiling Figurativity and Human Ecology, Bagasheva, Alexandra, Bozhil Hristov and Nelly Tincheva (eds.), pp. 85–106 | Chapter
This chapter offers a principled theoretical suggestion on the basis of which political speeches could be (re-)defined and the multiple simultaneous functions performed by a political speech could be analyzed. The chapter addresses issues concerning (a) the main types of functions a political… read more
2019 “Brexit means…”: UK vs. continental online-media users and English-language metaphoric conceptualizations Journal of Language and Politics 18:6, pp. 848–869 | Article
Brexit, i.e. the withdrawal of the uk from the eu, is an event, which, regardless of its course and destination, has had a lasting impact on international politics. This paper offers a cognitive linguistic perspective on Brexit and investigates its conceptual metaphorizations on the first days… read more
2019 Conceptualizing Brexit: First post-referendum days’ dynamics in metaphorization International Journal of Language and Culture 6:2, pp. 255–278 | Article
Brexit, i.e. the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU), is a major event not only in European but also in global politics. Its effect is still to be witnessed and its future impact is debated from a variety of angles – social, economic, cultural, ethnic, religious,… read more