Lakoff & Johnson

Treichler, Michael: Metaphor and Space: The Cognitive Approach to Spatially Structured Concepts, GRIN Verlag, Juli 2007, Dieses Buch wird extra für Sie gedruckt, da es vergriffen ist! Die Lieferzeit beträgt ca. 10-14 Tage. ISBN: 3638647382
Scholarly Paper (Advanced Seminar) aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Anglistik - Linguistik, einseitig bedruckt, Note: very good, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (Seminar for Anglistics), Veranstaltung: Hauptseminar Metaphor and Metonymy, 13 Eintragungen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Englisch, Abstract: Most of our fundamental concepts are organized in terms of one or more spatialization metaphors: this very elementary conclusion is drawn by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson (1980: 17) after having analysed what they call orientational metaphors. In opposition to the classical point of view, Lakoff, Johnson, and other cognitive linguists believe this group of metaphors, among others, to be deeply embedded in the human conceptualisation system and to provide a means of reasoning about and structuring of entire, mostly abstract, domains in terms of other, more concrete, domains. Based on a limited amount of underlying image schemata, which are projected onto these domains, metaphors are employed in order to be able to understand large parts of the world surrounding us.Cognitive linguistics asks for the motivation and functional explanation of linguistic expressions. Beyond merely linguistic aspects, the cognitive approach is aiming high, since its targets are, among others, a new theory of categorisation (Lakoff 1987), Imagination (Johnson 1987: 139ff.), and, what would be a fundamental change in Western philosophy, meaning by the approach entitled as cognitive semantics In most of these and other disciplines of cognitive sciences, metaphor is one of the chief means by which these targets are tried to be accomplished. In linguistics, metaphor is an explanation for many expressions which were, on the traditional Objectivist account, viewed as being arbitrary. The general principle by which cognitive linguists explain thess expressions is as follows: Fundamental spatial and physical experiences yield certain image schemata. These schemata are mapped by means of metaphorical projection onto abstract concepts, which human beings would otherwise not be able to grasp. By metaphorical mapping, these concepts are understood, structured and given meaning. Therefore, metaphor is, on the cognitive account of meaning, far more than just a stylistic device: it is rather a way by which we understand our environment. Furthermore, metaphor is used, as accounted for by the cognitive approach, neither consciously nor intentionally. Contrary to the traditional account in which the speaker or the poet uses metaphorical expressions by intention, these are regarded as merely linguistic reflections of underlying means of understanding which are, for many abstract concepts, the only means available to us by which we can understand these concepts.

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Lakoff, George and Mark Johnson. Metaphors We Live By. University Of Chicago Press, 1980.
Paperback in good condition but does have one large crease to front cover a nd one small one. The now-classic Metaphors We Live By changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind. Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social experience to provide understanding of countless o ther subjects. Because such metaphors structure our most basic understandin gs of our experience, they are "metaphors we live by" metaphors that can sh ape our perceptions and actions without our ever noticing them. In this updated edition of Lakoff and Johnson's influential book, the authors supply an afterword surveying how their theory of metaphor has developed within the cognitive sciences to become central to the contemporary understanding of how we think and how we express our thoughts in language.. Language.

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Haser, Verena: Metaphor, Metonymy, and Experientialist Philosophy, Challenging Cognitive Semantics, de Gruyter ISBN: 3-11-018283-5
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Haser, Verena Metaphor, Metonymy, and Experientialist Philosophy, Challenging Cognitive Semantics (de Gruyter) ISBN: 978-3-11-018283-5 Gebunden IX, 286 S., 5 schw.-w. Abb. - 23,00 x 15,50 cm Haser, Verena Metaphor, Metonymy, and Experientialist Philosophy Challenging Cognitive Semantics Verlag : de Gruyter ISBN : 978-3-11-018283-5 Einband : Gebunden Preisinfo : 88,00 Eur[D] Seiten/Umfang : IX, 286 S., 5 schw.-w. Abb. - 23,00 x 15,50 cm Erschienen : 1. Aufl. 17.01.2005 Gewicht : 540 g Aus der Reihe : Topics in English Linguistics This book offers a critical perspective on cognitive approaches to metaphor, metonymy, and the philosophical background underpinning experientialist semantics. Particular emphasis is placed on the works of George Lakoff, Mark Johnson and congenial cognitivists. Verena Haser suggests that we abandon some familiar methodological principles connected with experientialist research. Instead, she proposes a new perspective on the distinction between metaphor and metonymy and provides an account of metaphorical transfer that does not rely on the notion of conceptual metaphor. Close readings of key passages from writings by Lakoff and Johnson, among others, are the basis of a detailed criticism of key experientialist tenets. This book will be relevant to students and scholars interested in semantics and cognitive linguistics, and also in psychology and philosophy of language.

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Witting, Thorsten: Metaphor - The Structure of the Domain "Anger" GRIN Verlag, Juli 2007, Dieses Buch wird extra für Sie gedruckt, da es vergriffen ist! Die Lieferzeit beträgt ca. 10-14 Tage. ISBN: 363864698X
Scholarly Paper (Advanced Seminar) aus dem Jahr 2003 im Fachbereich Anglistik - Linguistik, einseitig bedruckt, Note: 1 (A), Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (Anglistics), Veranstaltung: Metaphor and Metonymy, 11 Eintragungen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Englisch, Abstract: The general idea of this paper is to compare different approaches to metaphor, viz. lexicographical definitions by means of dictionaries, specialists definitions by means of Lakoff and Johnsons definition, theoretical background (Turner, Langacker and Sweetser) and lexical definitions by Kövecses. These approaches seem to be quite contradictory at first glance and the question whether it is a contradiction or not will be addressed in the fourth chapter. The definitions will be discussed in the first chapter, together with a short definition of the crucial terminology.An important aspect of metaphors according to Lakoff and Johnson is the transfer of meaning form a target domain to a source domain. The second chapter is about the internal structure of domains, based on Langackers approach, and about the process of the transfer of meaning used in metaphors. This transfer is called mapping and the description rather than definition is based mainly on Turner and Sweetser. Another important aspect of metaphor according to Lakoff and Johnson is the experiential basis used in the meanings expressed, which will be based mainly on Sweetser.The case study is about Kövecses concept of the conceptual metaphor ANGER, a sub-category of the higher-up domain EMOTION, is based upon what Kövecses calls the prototype scenario - i.e. the probable way anger builds up, is conceived of and expressed in language and bodily experience.

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