Omid Khatin-Zadeh
List of John Benjamins publications for which Omid Khatin-Zadeh plays a role.
2023 Are metaphorical classes essentially abstract? Cognitive Linguistic Studies 10:1, pp. 85–98 | Article
This article compares abstract concepts and metaphorical classes in order to emphasize the abstract nature of metaphorical classes. Sam Glucksberg (2003) used the expression “abstract superordinate categories” to refer to metaphorical classes. Drawing on this proposal and George Lakoff & Mark… read more
2019 An algebraic perspective on abstract and concrete domains Cognitive Linguistic Studies 6:2, pp. 354–369 | Article
Looking at isomorphic constructs from an algebraic perspective, this article suggests that every concrete construct is understood by reference to an underlying abstract schema in the mind of comprehender. The complex form of every abstract schema is created by the gradual development of its… read more
2018 A cross-linguistic study of metaphors of death Cognitive Linguistic Studies 5:2, pp. 359–375 | Article
The avoidance of directly addressing human mortality indicates fear of death. This fear elicits psychological, social and religious interdictions in language such that people resort to the use of metaphors to avoid confronting death. Under the premise that metaphor is a conceptual mapping from a… read more
2017 Embodied concept mapping: Blending structure-mapping and embodiment theories Pragmatics & Cognition 24:2, pp. 164–185 | Article
Metaphors are cognitive and linguistic tools that allow reasoning. They enable the understanding of abstract domains via elements borrowed from concrete ones. The underlying mechanism in metaphorical mapping is the manipulation of concepts. This article proposes another view on what concepts are… read more
2016 An algebraic perspective on implicit and explicit knowledge Cognitive Linguistic Studies 3:1, pp. 151–162 | Article
The isomorphic relationship between an infinite number of concrete algebraic groups and the existence of a single abstract group that underlies all these concrete groups is one of the most fundamental subjects in Abstract Algebra. Looking at the process of explicit learning from a mathematical… read more
2015 Abstract and concrete representations in structure-mapping and class-inclusion Cognitive Linguistic Studies 2:2, pp. 349–360 | Article
This article presents an Abstract Algebraic framework within which two major theories of metaphor comprehension, the class-inclusion and structure-mapping, are incorporated. Looking at Gentner’s structure-mapping model from this perspective, this article suggests that any comparison between two… read more