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.
Title
Subjects Cognition and language | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
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