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Metaphor Scenarios in Public Discourse
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In this paper, structural aspects of source domains in metaphorical mappings with regard to their manifestation in public discourse data are investigated, where the authors analyze the organization of source concepts into mininarratives or "scenarios" that dominate the discourse manifestations of the source domains.Abstract:
This article investigates structural aspects of source domains in metaphorical mappings with regard to their manifestation in public discourse data. Specifically, it analyses the organization of source concepts into mininarratives or "scenarios" that dominate the discourse manifestations of source domains. The material consists of examples from a bilingual corpus of British and German public debates about the &European Union.& The data show that while the two national samples share some basic mappings between the source and target domains, they each are characterised further by specific scenarios that provide focal points for conceptualizing the target topic. The scenarios can also be shown to carry evaluative and attitudinal biases that are related to particular political dispositions and preferences of the respective national discourse communities. In conclusion, it will be argued that the analysis of scenarios is a necessary complement to the study of source domains and of domain-mappings in metaphoric...read more
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Metaphors We Live By
George Lakoff,Mark Johnson +1 more
TL;DR: Lakoff and Johnson as mentioned in this paper suggest that these basic metaphors not only affect the way we communicate ideas, but actually structure our perceptions and understandings from the beginning, and they offer an intriguing and surprising guide to some of the most common metaphors and what they can tell us about the human mind.
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Metaphors We Live by
TL;DR: Lakoff and Johnson as discussed by the authors present a very attractive book for linguists to read, which is written in a direct and accessible style; while it introduces and uses a number of new terms, for the most part it is free of jargon.
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Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal about the Mind
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Women, fire, and dangerous things : what categories reveal about the mind
TL;DR: In this article, a pengetahuan kognitif adalah tergolong bidang baru ying mengkaji pikiran atau nalar ying memperoleh pen getahuan dari bidang-bidang ilmu seperti psikologi, linguistik, antropologi and filsafat, and juga ilmu komputer.