Metaphor In Language And Culture Across World Englishes
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| Author | : Marcus Callies |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 289 |
| Release | : 2021-06-17 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 1350157554 |
This book advances and broadens the scope of research on conceptual metaphor at the nexus of language and culture by exploring metaphor and figurative language as a characteristic of the many Englishes that have developed in a wide range of geographic, socio-historical and cultural settings around the world. In line with the interdisciplinary breadth of this endeavour, the contributions are grounded in Cognitive (Socio)Linguistics, Conceptual Metaphor Theory, and Cultural Linguistics. Drawing on different research methodologies, including corpus linguistics, elicitation techniques, and interviews, chapters analyse a variety of naturalistic data and text types, such as online language, narratives, political speeches and literary works. Examining both the cultural conceptualisations underlying the use of figurative language and the linguistic-cultural specificity of metaphor and its variation, the studies are presented in contexts of both language contact and second language usage. Adding to the debate on the interplay of universal and culture-specific grounding of conceptual metaphor, Metaphor in Language and Culture across World Englishes advances research in a previously neglected sphere of study in the field of World Englishes.
| Author | : Zoltán Kövecses |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2005-02-07 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 1139444611 |
To what extent and in what ways is metaphorical thought relevant to an understanding of culture and society? More specifically: can the cognitive linguistic view of metaphor simultaneously explain both universality and diversity in metaphorical thought? Cognitive linguists have done important work on universal aspects of metaphor, but they have paid much less attention to why metaphors vary both interculturally and intraculturally as extensively as they do. In this book, Zoltán Kövecses proposes a new theory of metaphor variation. First, he identifies the major dimension of metaphor variation, that is, those social and cultural boundaries that signal discontinuities in human experience. Second, he describes which components, or aspects of conceptual metaphor are involved in metaphor variation, and how they are involved. Third, he isolates the main causes of metaphor variation. Fourth Professor Kövecses addresses the issue to the degree of cultural coherence in the interplay among conceptual metaphors, embodiment, and causes of metaphor variation.
| Author | : Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 550 |
| Release | : 2008-09-22 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 113947166X |
A comprehensive collection of essays in multidisciplinary metaphor scholarship that has been written in response to the growing interest among scholars and students from a variety of disciplines such as linguistics, philosophy, anthropology, music and psychology. These essays explore the significance of metaphor in language, thought, culture and artistic expression. There are five main themes of the book: the roots of metaphor, metaphor understanding, metaphor in language and culture, metaphor in reasoning and feeling, and metaphor in non-verbal expression. Contributors come from a variety of academic disciplines, including psychology, linguistics, philosophy, cognitive science, literature, education, music, and law.
| Author | : Dilin Liu |
| Publisher | : Rlpg/Galleys |
| Total Pages | : 172 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
| ISBN | : |
Using dominant metaphors in American English and the Chinese language, Metaphor, Culture, and Worldview explores how metaphor is a product that is simultaneously shaped by and is shaping the culture and the worldview of the people who use it, and how it showcases some unique features of communication of the speakers of the two languages.
| Author | : Zoltán Kövecses |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 2003-09 |
| Genre | : Family & Relationships |
| ISBN | : 9780521541466 |
Are human emotions best characterized as biological, psychological, or cultural entities? Many researchers claim that emotions arise either from human biology (i.e., biological reductionism) or as products of culture (i.e., social constructionism). This book challenges this simplistic division between the body and culture by showing how human emotions are to a large extent "constructed" from individuals' embodied experiences in different cultural settings. The view proposed here demonstrates how cultural aspects of emotions, metaphorical language about the emotions, and human physiology in emotion are all part of an intergrated system and shows how this system points to the reconciliation of the seemingly contradictory views of biological reductionism and social constructionism in contemporary debates about human emotion.
| Author | : Marta Degani |
| Publisher | : Narr Francke Attempto Verlag |
| Total Pages | : 400 |
| Release | : 2023-04-24 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 3823396048 |
In one of the contributions to this edited volume an interviewee argues that "English is power". For researchers in the field of English Studies this raises the questions of where the power of English resides and which types and practices of power are implied in the uses of English. Linguists, scholars of literature and culture, and language educators address aspects of these questions in a wide range of contributions. The book shows that the power of English can oscillate between empowerment and subjection, on the one hand enabling humans to develop manifold capabilities and on the other constraining their scope of action and reflection. In this edited volume, a case is made for self-critical English Studies to be dialogic, empowering and power-critical in approach.
| Author | : Fiona MacArthur |
| Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 390 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9027223920 |
Metaphor is a fascinating phenomenon, but it is also complex and multi-faceted, varying in how it is manifested in different modes of expression, languages, cultures, or time-scales. How then can we reliably identify metaphors in different contexts? How does the language or culture of speakers and hearers affect the way metaphors are produced or interpreted? Are the methods employed to explore metaphors in one context applicable in others? The sixteen chapters that make up this volume offer not only detailed studies of the situated use of metaphor in language, gesture, and visuals around the world providing important insights into the different factors that produce variation but also careful explication and discussion of the methodological issues that arise when researchers approach metaphor in diverse 'real world' contexts. The book constitutes an important contribution to applied metaphor studies, and will prove an invaluable resource for the novice and experienced metaphor researcher alike.
| Author | : James J. Mischler |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2013 |
| Genre | : Cognitive grammar |
| ISBN | : 9789027204066 |
The book presents the result of several diachronic corpus studies of conceptual metaphor in a longitudinal and emperical mixed methods design, employing both quantitative and qualitative analysis measures. The implications for conceptual metaphor theory, research methodology, and future study are discussed in detail.
| Author | : Raymond W. Gibbs |
| Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 234 |
| Release | : 1999-01-01 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 902723681X |
This book contains a selection of refereed and revised papers originally presented at the 5th ICLC. After an introduction by the editors, the book opens with a long-needed chapter on historical precedents for the Cognitive Linguistic theory of metaphor. Two chapters demonstrate the method of lexical analysis of linguistic metaphors and how it can be fruitfully applied to a characterization of the conceptual domains of smell and economics. Three chapters deal with theoretical aspects of conceptual metaphor, one of which is a commissioned chapter on the relation between conceptual metaphor theory and conceptual blending. Finally there are five chapters presenting novel theoretical issues and empirical findings about the relation between conceptual metaphor and culture. This book is hence a wide-ranging sample of current approaches to metaphor in Cognitive Linguistics, with some chapters breaking new grounds for future research.
| Author | : Susan Nacey |
| Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 293 |
| Release | : 2013-11-15 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9027271569 |
This volume presents results from a corpus-based investigation into the metaphorical production of foreign language learners, comparing texts written by Norwegian (L2) learners of English with those written by British (L1) students. Three types of questions are addressed. The first has empirically measured answers: For example, do L2 English writers produce more metaphors than L1 novice writers? How frequent are novel metaphors in an L2, as compared with an L1? The second type has more subjective answers: How creatively do L2 English learners employ metaphor? Are they even expected to be able to produce metaphor at all? The third type combines theoretical and methodological perspectives: How is metaphorical creativity identified? What is the potential role of metaphoric competence? Most importantly, how are metaphors identified? To this end, the newly-developed ‘Metaphor Identification Procedure’ is tested and critiqued. This book is intended for metaphor researchers, corpus linguists, applied linguists and language educators.
