Zoltán Kövecses

List of John Benjamins publications for which Zoltán Kövecses plays a role.

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Subjects Pragmatics | Semantics

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Kövecses, Zoltán 2022 Extended CMT and the dynamic systems theory of metaphor: A comparisonDynamism in Metaphor and Beyond, Colston, Herbert L., Teenie Matlock and Gerard J. Steen (eds.), pp. 131–142
In the paper, I try to systematically compare what Gibbs calls the “dynamic systems view” of metaphor with what I call “extended conceptual metaphor theory.” I suggest that both views share the assumption that the totality of our experiences can contribute to metaphor production and comprehension.… read more | Chapter
Why should Jesus die? I attempt to investigate the symbolic roots and significance of the crucifixion by means of the conceptual tools and methodology of cognitive semantics. In particular, I propose that we approach the meaning of Jesus’ death on four symbolic levels: the level where… read more | Article
Kövecses, Zoltán 2022 Visual metaphor in extended conceptual metaphor theoryVisual Metaphors, Benczes, Réka and Veronika Szelid (eds.), pp. 15–32
My goal in the chapter is to examine a variety of visual experiences that appear to evoke visual metaphors. This is a range of experience types that extends from “sign-like” visual experiences to “non-sign-like” visual experiences. I propose that visual metaphors are evoked by paintings through… read more | Chapter
This chapter focuses on the way in which we think about our conceptual system and puts forward a number of questions related to its essential structures in terms of their schematicity. It is proposed that image schemas, domains, frames and mental spaces are interconnected in metaphorical… read more | Chapter
A major insight of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) is that it added a strong, empirically testable cognitive dimension to the study of metaphor that is capable of changing the way we think about metaphor not only in language, but also thought and action, and, ultimately, the way we do philosophy… read more | Article
Kövecses, Zoltán 2020 Visual metaphor in extended conceptual metaphor theoryVisual Metaphors, Benczes, Réka and Veronika Szelid (eds.), pp. 13–30
My goal in the paper is to examine a variety of visual experiences that appear to evoke visual metaphors. This is a range of experience types that extends from “sign-like” visual experiences to “non-sign-like” visual experiences. I propose that visual metaphors are evoked by paintings through… read more | Article
Kövecses, Zoltán 2019 Chapter 16. Perception and metaphor: The case of smellPerception Metaphors, Speed, Laura J., Carolyn O'Meara, Lila San Roque and Asifa Majid (eds.), pp. 327–346
The general issue I address in the paper is this: How is the concept of smell linguistically coded in English, as examined from a cognitive linguistic perspective? I break down this larger theoretical issue into three sub-issues: One sub-issue concerns what the lexis of smell in English reveals… read more | Chapter
Kövecses, Zoltán, Laura Ambrus, Dániel Hegedűs, Ren Imai and Anna Sobczak 2019 Chapter 6. The lexical vs. corpus-based method in the study of metaphorsMetaphor and Metonymy in the Digital Age: Theory and methods for building repositories of figurative language, Bolognesi, Marianna, Mario Brdar and Kristina Š. Despot (eds.), pp. 147–174
In the past 15–20 years, there has been an increasing tendency to study metaphors found in real data (large corpora, specific discourses, conversations, etc.). What became known as “corpus-linguistic methods” of metaphor study, distinguish themselves from a prior way of studying metaphor that is… read more | Chapter
Kövecses, Zoltán 2017 Surprise as a conceptual categoryExpressing and Describing Surprise, Celle, Agnès and Laure Lansari (eds.), pp. 7–26
In this paper, I examine the concept of surprise from a cognitive linguistic perspective. As previous studies indicate, surprise is a not-quite-prototypical emotion category. My focus will be on the structure and content of surprise as an emotion category, as this can be revealed on the basis of… read more | Article
Kövecses, Zoltán 2016 Chapter 1. A view of “mixed metaphor” within a conceptual metaphor theory frameworkMixing Metaphor, Gibbs, Jr., Raymond W. (ed.), pp. 1–16
How does conceptual metaphor theory handle mixed metaphors? Several metaphor scholars argue that mixed metaphor is a phenomenon that conceptual metaphor theory cannot handle. Their argument is that, given the claims of conceptual metaphor theory, mixed metaphors should not occur at all. This is… read more | Article
Kövecses, Zoltán 2015 Surprise as a conceptual categoryExpressing and Describing Surprise, Celle, Agnès and Laure Lansari (eds.), pp. 270–290
In this paper, I examine the concept of surprise from a cognitive linguistic perspective. As previous studies indicate, surprise is a not-quite-prototypical emotion category. My focus will be on the structure and content of surprise as an emotion category, as this can be revealed on the basis of… read more | Article
The issue of context has been, in the main, neglected in cognitive linguistic and much other work on how conceptual systems change and vary. In most recent work on conceptual systems, the issues of embodied cognition and the universal nature of cognitive operations have been emphasized. By… read more | Article
The lexicon of a language is not an unstructured list of words. In this paper, we exemplify some of the basic conceptual structures that cognitive linguists work with and we discuss their potential applications to lexicographic work. Specifically, we focus on the possible advantages of using… read more | Article
Kövecses, Zoltán 2013 Recent developments in metaphor theory: Are the new views rival ones?Metaphor and Metonymy revisited beyond the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor: Recent developments and applications, Gonzálvez-García, Francisco, María Sandra Peña-Cervel and Lorena Pérez-Hernández (eds.), pp. 11–25
Several scholars have proposed alternative views to conceptual metaphor theory (see, for example, Ortony, 1993; Barnden, 2006; Wilson and Carston, 2006, 2008; Vega, 2007; Gibbs, 2008). How are the modified, refined, and alternative theories related to each other and standard conceptual metaphor… read more | Article
Kövecses, Zoltán 2011 The biblical story retold: A cognitive linguistic perspectiveCognitive Linguistics: Convergence and Expansion, Brdar, Mario, Stefan Th. Gries and Milena Žic Fuchs (eds.), pp. 325–354
In this chapter I offer one, or a small set of, possible interpretation(s) of the basic story of the Bible. I suggest that the symbolic meaning of the story derives in large part from conceptual structures and conceptual mechanisms that are shared by a large number of speakers of English and other… read more | Article
Kövecses, Zoltán 2011 Recent developments in metaphor theory: Are the new views rival ones?Metaphor and metonymy revisited beyond the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor: Recent developments and applications, Gonzálvez-García, Francisco, María Sandra Peña-Cervel and Lorena Pérez-Hernández (eds.), pp. 11–25
Several scholars have proposed alternative views to conceptual metaphor theory (see, for example, Ortony, 1993; Barnden, 2006; Wilson and Carston, 2006, 2008; Vega, 2007; Gibbs, 2008). How are the modified, refined, and alternative theories related to each other and standard conceptual metaphor… read more | Article
Kövecses, Zoltán 2008 Conceptual metaphor theory: Some criticisms and alternative proposalsAnnual Review of Cognitive Linguistics: Volume 6, Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, Francisco José (ed.), pp. 168–184
Despite its popularity in and outside cognitive linguistics, cognitive metaphor theory (CMT) has received a wide range of criticisms in the past two decades. Several metaphor researchers have criticized the methodology with which metaphor is studied (emphasizing concepts instead of words), the… read more | Article
Kövecses, Zoltán 2000 Force and emotionMeaning and Cognition: A multidisciplinary approach, Albertazzi, Liliana (ed.), pp. 145–168
Using the schemas of force dynamics to examine how the emotions are conceptualized in natural language, this essay conducts detailed analysis of the relationship between the metaphors of cause as force, and force (qua opponent) as a source domain of emotions. The author’s main thesis is that the… read more | Chapter
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Radden, Günter and Zoltán Kövecses 1999 Towards a Theory of MetonymyMetonymy in Language and Thought, Panther, Klaus-Uwe and Günter Radden (eds.), pp. 17–59
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