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Figurative Language – Intersubjectivity and Usage

Author : Augusto Soares da Silva
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027260036
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Figurative Language – Intersubjectivity and Usage written by Augusto Soares da Silva and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intersubjectivity and usage play central roles in figurative language and are pivotal notions for a cognitively realistic research on figures of thought, speech, and communication. This volume brings together thirteen studies that explore the relationship between figurativity, intersubjectivity and usage from the Cognitive Linguistics perspective. The studies explore the impact of figurativity on areas of lexicon and grammar, on real discourse, and across different semiotic systems. Some studies focus on the psychological processes of the comprehension of figurativity; other studies address the ways in which figures of thought and language are socially shared and the variation of figures through time and space. Moreover, some contributions are established on advanced corpus-based techniques and experimental methods. There are studies about metaphor, metonymy, irony and puns; about related processes, such as humor, empathy and ambiguation; and about the interaction between figures. Overall, this volume offers the advantages and the opportunities of an interactional and usage-based perspective of figurativity, embracing both the psychological and the intersubjective reality of figurative thought and language and empirically emphasizing the multidimensional character of figurativity, its central function in thought, and its impact on everyday communication.

Figurative Language 2

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 27 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Figurative Language 2 written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Conventionality of Figurative Language

Author : Sandra Handl
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3823366246
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (233 download)

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Book Synopsis The Conventionality of Figurative Language by : Sandra Handl

Download or read book The Conventionality of Figurative Language written by Sandra Handl and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2011 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universit'at M'unchen, 2008.

Figurative Language

Author : Barbara Dancygier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107782775
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Figurative Language written by Barbara Dancygier and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-06 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively introduction to figurative language explains a broad range of concepts, including metaphor, metonymy, simile, and blending, and develops new tools for analyzing them. It coherently grounds the linguistic understanding of these concepts in basic cognitive mechanisms such as categorization, frames, mental spaces, and viewpoint; and it fits them into a consistent framework which is applied to cross-linguistic data and also to figurative structures in gesture and the visual arts. Comprehensive and practical, the book includes analyses of figurative uses of both word meanings and linguistic constructions. • Provides definitions of major concepts • Offers in-depth analyses of examples, exploring multiple levels of complexity • Surveys figurative structures in different discourse genres • Helps students to connect figurative usage with the conceptual underpinnings of language • Goes beyond English to explore cross-linguistic and cross-modal data

Figurative Thought and Language in Action

Author : Mario Brdar
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027257612
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Figurative Thought and Language in Action by : Mario Brdar

Download or read book Figurative Thought and Language in Action written by Mario Brdar and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2022-08-15 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contents of the volume prove the vitality of cognitive linguistic studies of figuration when combined with new research methodologies, in tandem with other disciplines, and also when applied to an ever broader range of topics. Individual chapters are concerned not only with some fundamental issues of defining and delimiting metaphor and metonymy, with the impact of figuration on grammatical forms, but are also exemplary discussions of how figurative language is processed and understood, as well as studies of practical ramifications of the use of figurative language in various types of discourse (the language of media, politics and healthcare communication). Most of the volume assumes a synchronic perspective, but diachronic coverage of processes is not missing either. In short, the volume demonstrates how rewarding it is to return to the true origins of cognitive linguistics for new inspiration and take a fresh start promising a true cornucopia of future results.

"Fire I' the Blood"

Author : Richard E. Mezo
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1581128347
Total Pages : 49 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (811 download)

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Download or read book "Fire I' the Blood" written by Richard E. Mezo and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are great differences between the oral use of figurative language and its written use. Nevertheless, the only separately published textbook for figurative language is almost entirely concerned with oral figurative language, offering such examples as "you have a heart of stone" or "you make my blood boil." Much, if not most, oral language consists of long, repetitious portions of cliche and platitude, and not surprisingly, the figurative language used follows the same pattern. Writing teachers generally ask their students not to use cliches and platitudes, even though they may (mistakenly, I think) advise students to "write like you speak."

Figurative Language (ELL).

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Download or read book Figurative Language (ELL). written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Figurative Language Comprehension

Author : Herbert L. Colston
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135625824
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Figurative Language Comprehension written by Herbert L. Colston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-12-13 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scholarly book with a professional reference audience. Book will appeal to people who study metaphor, symbol, discourse and narrative in a variety of disciplines, including social and cognitive psychology, linguistics, and second-language acquisition.

Cognitive Sociolinguistics Revisited

Author : Gitte Kristiansen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110733943
Total Pages : 647 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Cognitive Sociolinguistics Revisited by : Gitte Kristiansen

Download or read book Cognitive Sociolinguistics Revisited written by Gitte Kristiansen and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cognitive Sociolinguistics draws on the rich theoretical framework of Cognitive Linguistics and focuses on the social factors that underlie the variability of meaning and conceptualization. In the last decade, the field has expanded in various way. The current volume takes stock of current and emerging advances in the field in short academic contributions. The studies collected in this book have a usage-based approach to language variation and change, drawing on the theoretical framework of Cognitive Linguistics and are sensitive to social variation, be it cross-linguistic or language-internal. Three types of contributions are collected in this book. First, it contains theoretical overview papers on the domains that have witnessed expansion in recent years. Second, it presents novel research ideas in proof-of-concept contributions, aimed at blue-sky research and out-of-the-box linguistic analyses. Third, it showcases recent empirical studies within the field. By combining these three types of contributions, the book provides an encompassing overview of novel developments in the field of Cognitive Sociolinguistics.

Studies in Figurative Thought and Language

Author : Angeliki Athanasiadou
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027265909
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Studies in Figurative Thought and Language written by Angeliki Athanasiadou and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains original research and innovative analyses that deepen our understanding of figurative thought and language. The selected papers focus on the multi-faceted aspect of figuration, its function in thought, and its impact on areas of grammar and communication. Key topics explored include metaphor, metonymy and their relationship to each other, as well as the less studied figure of hyperbole and its relation to the fundamental figures of metaphor and metonymy. Collectively, the papers examine the pragmatic reasoning processes triggered by figurative thought, the lexicogrammatical motivations and/or constraints on figurative language, the impact of deeply entrenched figurative thought on the lexicon of natural languages, the cultural origins of figurative thought, and the psycholinguistic motivations for figuration. The comprehensive treatment of these issues is fundamental for future research on figurative thought and language, particularly on questions of universality vs. specificity of figuration, the impact of figuration on constructions, cross-linguistic comparisons of figurative language, and cognitive-pragmatic approaches to figurative meaning.

Language, Corpora, and Technology in Applied Linguistics

Author : Muhammad Afzaal
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832539696
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Download or read book Language, Corpora, and Technology in Applied Linguistics written by Muhammad Afzaal and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-11-27 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As culture and society has become more digitalized, especially when computer science and digital technologies have entered a new era in the twenty-first century, translation studies began to utilize a wide range of tools to enhance its reading of texts and contexts, without which translation both as a practice and as a theorization could barely persist. It has become more apparent that two extreme poles between macro and micro visions have formed the diversified terrains of translation studies. On the one hand, technologies like NLP, topic modeling, network analysis and data visualization make distant reading become possible, thus allowing us to have a paradigmatic view of how human’s ideas, beliefs, values, knowledge and even emotions have spread in some patterns across cultural, geographical and language divides in world history. On the other hand, corpus methods, such as the use of keywords, collocates and concordance lines changed the way by which texts were closely read from linear to vertical. With microscope like corpus tools, we could go deeper into the texture for perception of nuanced meaning. While considering a fact that translation is seldom mono modal in conveying meaning, we have to reconceptualize context as a multimodal environment where audio, visual and other resources interact to convey and make meaning. With regard to the fast development of digital technology, translation studies take an active role in gaining an enhanced capability in promoting transformation. Complexity has been favored in terms of theoretical framework and methodology. New questions are asked; old ones revisited with novel tools; but more areas wait to be cultivated and more questions to be approached by combining quantitative and qualitative methods. We could ask if digital technologies would bring new innovation to study of translation history, a heavily-walled land for traditional humanists who tend to repeat “so-what” to question the less significance of data-driven studies. The idea of high-quality machine translation has become so realistic in today’s market that translation educators have to face the shock wave it brought to translation learners and practitioners and rethink the relation between human translators and algorithms. Machine-translation-assisted communication could help remove boundaries for better communication; but at the same time, it also creates conflicts and leads to confrontation. Thus understood, it is imperative to give a concerned attention to digital translation studies, that is, to study translation by resorting to and drawing on the digital technologies. This Research Topic is intended to promote current directions and new developments in cross-disciplinary critical discourse research. We welcome papers which, from a critical-analytical perspective, deal with contemporary social, scientific, political, economic, or professional discourses and genres. Papers addressing the highlighted topics are especially welcome. In giving weight to these topics, we wish to call to attention some of the most pressing problems currently facing the world.

Using Figurative Language

Author : Herbert L. Colston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 110710565X
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Using Figurative Language written by Herbert L. Colston and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathers decades of research on figurative language cognition to answer the question, 'Why don't people just say what they mean?'

Models of Figurative Language

Author : Rachel Giora
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135585369
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book Models of Figurative Language written by Rachel Giora and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001-09-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2001. Volume 16, Numbers 3&4. This special issue is an attempt to record the state of the art of psycholinguistics research into figurative language. There are quite a number of models addressing distinct issues and aiming to solve different problems—the mark of a maturing field. Indeed, not one theory is tailored to solve all the problems. Rather, each model, while aiming at generality, also recognizes its limitation. Despite specializing in different topics, most of the theories presented here have some things in common. For one, most of them dispense with the literal/ nonliteral divide, proposing, instead, models that are capable of handling literal as well as figurative language. Some models focus on the role primary meanings play in comprehension, others shed light on context effects, and some models seem to encompass both in terms of the accumulating effects of constraints (whether linguistic or contextual).

Figurative Thought and Language in the Human Universe

Author : Mario Brdar
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527573923
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Figurative Thought and Language in the Human Universe written by Mario Brdar and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The volume focuses on the interaction between figurative language, embodiment, and society and culture from various theoretical and applied perspectives and methodologies. It bears wit-ness to the vibrancy of research into figurative language and the role of embodiment, with conceptualization motivated not just by our physical interaction with the external world, but also by social and cultural phenomena. The topics explored here include the impact of figura-tion on all levels of linguistic analysis, including grammar, discourse, and the relationship be-tween language and emotions.

Figurativity and Human Ecology

Author : Alexandra Bagasheva
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027257361
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Figurativity and Human Ecology by : Alexandra Bagasheva

Download or read book Figurativity and Human Ecology written by Alexandra Bagasheva and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Figurativity has attracted scholars’ attention for thousands of years and yet there are still open questions concerning its nature. Figurativity and Human Ecology endorses a view of figurativity as ubiquitous in human reasoning and language, and as a key example of how a human organism and its perceived or imagined environment co-function as a system. The volume sees figurativity not only as embedded in an environment but also as a way of acting within that environment. It places figurativity within an ecological context, and approaches it as a phenomenon which cuts across bodily, psychological, linguistic, social, cultural and natural environments. Figurativity and Human Ecology will appeal to those interested in the analysis of the all-encompassing creativity of the human mind and in the methodological difficulties associated with the study of cognition.

The Development of the Concept of SMELL in American English

Author : Daniela Pettersson-Traba
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 311079229X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Development of the Concept of SMELL in American English written by Daniela Pettersson-Traba and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2022-10-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last decades have witnessed a renewed interest in near-synonymy. In particular, recent distributional corpus-based approaches used for semantic analysis have successfully uncovered subtle distinctions in meaning between near-synonyms. However, most studies have dealt with the semantic structure of sets of near-synonyms from a synchronic perspective, while their diachronic evolution generally has been neglected. Against this backdrop, the aim of this book is to examine five adjectival near-synonyms in the history of American English from the understudied semantic domain of SMELL: fragrant, perfumed, scented, sweet-scented, and sweet-smelling. Their distribution is analyzed across a wide range of contexts, including semantic, morphosyntactic, and stylistic ones, since distributional patterns of this type serve as a proxy for semantic (dis)similarity. The data is submitted to various univariate and multivariate statistical techniques, making it possible to uncover fine-grained (dis)similarities among the near-synonyms, as well as possible changes in their prototypical structures. The book sheds valuable light on the diachronic development of lexical near-synonyms, a dimension that has up to now been relatively disregarded.

Fictive questions in the Zhuangzi

Author : Mingjian Xiang
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027250030
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Fictive questions in the Zhuangzi written by Mingjian Xiang and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2023-05-15 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rhetoric is intimately related to interaction and cognition. This book explores the cognitive underpinnings of rhetoric by presenting a case study of the rhetorical use of interactional structures, namely expository questions and rhetorical questions, in the classical Chinese tradition. Such questions are generally meant to evoke silent answers in the addressee’s mind, thereby involving a fictive type of interaction. The book analyzes fictive questions as intersubjective mixed viewpoint constructions, involving a viewpoint blend of the perspectives of the writer, the assumed prospective readers, and possibly also that of the discourse characters. The analysis further shows that in addition to attention, other late developing human capacities such as mental simulation and perspective taking also have a pivotal role to play in rhetoric, on the basis of which a simulation-based rhetorical model of persuasion is proposed to account for meaning construction in rhetorical practices. The book will influence our understanding of rhetorical practices outside the Western tradition but within the framework of cognitive semantics.