
Metaphor across Time and Conceptual Space : The interplay of embodiment and cultural models.
Title:
Metaphor across Time and Conceptual Space : The interplay of embodiment and cultural models.
Author:
Mischler, III, James J.
ISBN:
9789027271808
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (253 pages)
Series:
Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts ; v.3
Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts
Contents:
Metaphor across Time and Conceptual Space -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Dedication page -- Table of contents -- Tables and figures -- Part I. Theoretical foundations -- Chapter 1. The Cognition-Culture interface -- Introduction -- Key theoretical constructs -- Cognitive-Functionalism -- Conceptualization -- Non-autonomous knowledge -- Culture and cultural models -- Cultural models as conceptual systems -- Cultural models as conceptual systems: An example -- Cultural models and syntax: Another example -- Cultural models provide perspective on a scene -- The implications of cultural models as cognitive constructs -- Summary -- Usage-based theory of language -- Usage-based models and empirical research -- Is conceptualization dynamic? -- Form-meaning pair -- The semiotic triangle: Form, meaning, and community common ground -- Theories of shared cultural knowledge -- Understanding ambiguous utterances -- Intersubjectivity revisited -- Summary -- Linguistic metaphor -- Methodological issues -- The role of non-linguistic data -- Implications for the current studies -- Non-linguistic data in conceptual metaphor research -- Summary -- The use of text corpora -- Introspection as a data collection strategy -- Introspection and the problem of context -- Text corpora as a data collection strategy -- Corpus research in Cognitive-Functionalism -- Corpus methods in perspective -- Summary -- Corpus-assisted discourse studies (CADS) -- Plan of the volume -- Chapter 2. Diachronic aspects of synchronic concepts -- Introduction -- Introduction to conceptual metaphor theory -- Perspective on a scene via cultural models -- Analysis of the CM of anger -- The bodily experience of anger -- Sub-variations of the CM of anger -- The fluid CM -- Elaborations of the fluid CM -- A research gap -- The experiential scene -- The anger prototype scenario.
Cultural models as bases in conceptualization -- Atypical cases of anger -- controlled response over time -- intense response over time -- Conclusions -- Classification of the non-prototypical cases -- control in the non-prototypical cases -- Theory as a test of observed language patterns -- The proposal: The blood and spleen metaphors -- Synchronic studies of CM and culture -- Conceptual metaphors as universals -- Matsuki (1995) -- Yu (1995) -- Conceptual metaphors as cultural models -- Maalej (2004) -- Kövecses (2010a) -- Conclusion: embodiment and cultural models as equal partners -- Frequency of use and cultural models -- Chapter summary and conclusions -- Filling the research gap -- Chapter 3. Metaphor across historical time -- Introduction -- Two types of historical study -- Synchronic-historical research -- Synchronic-historical research: An example -- A synchronic-historical study of CM and culture -- Summary -- Diachronic studies of conceptual metaphor -- Diachronic studies: Single factor designs -- Gevaert (2002) -- Geeraerts and Gevaert (2008) -- Koivisto-Alanko and Tissari (2006) -- Diachronic designs: Multiple factor studies -- Trim (2011) -- Geeraerts, Gevaert, and Speelman (2011) -- Summary -- The research gap -- Theoretical implications -- Methodological implications: The role of frequency statistics -- Motivations for the current studies -- Part II. A macro-study of human emotion in cultural context, A.D. 1500-1990 -- Chapter 4. Research questions and methodology -- Introduction -- Research questions -- The ancillary study of historical non-linguistic data -- Data collection -- The four types of data -- Data analysis -- The main study of diachronic linguistic expressions of anger -- Materials -- Data -- Implications for data identification and collection -- Selecting the search keywords -- The role of context.
Limitations of the keyword search procedure -- Data collection -- Data analysis -- An implication of the method: The value of mixed research designs -- Chapter summary -- Chapter 5. Results of the ancillary study of non-linguistic data -- Introduction -- The ancillary study of the four humors cultural model -- General principles of the four humors -- The self-care focus -- The macrocosm/microcosm cultural model -- Implications for the four humors model -- Summary -- The ancillary study of non-linguistic data: Results -- The unified model: A historical composite view -- Basic principles of the unified model -- The macrocosm principle -- The microcosm principles -- The concept of balance in the four humors -- Five scientific advances in human physiology, A.D. 1500-1990 -- 1500-1599: Scientific anatomy (Andreas Vesalius, 1543) -- Prior research -- Vesalius' work and influence -- Evidence for the unified model in 16th century lay practice -- 1600-1699: Blood circulation (William Harvey, 1628) -- Harvey's work and influence -- Evidence for the unified model in 17th century lay practice -- 1700-1799: Symptom localization (Giambattista Morgagni, 1761) -- Morgagni's work and influence -- Evidence for unified model in 18th century lay practice -- Summary -- 1800-1899: Tissue cell pathology (Rudolph Virchow, 1858) -- Virchow's work and influence -- Evidence for unified model lay practice in the 19th century -- Summary -- 1900-1990: Medical school standards (Abraham Flexner, 1910) -- Flexner's work and influence -- Evidence for unified model lay practice in the 20th century -- Implications for the current studies -- Chapter 6. The main study of two diachronic metaphors of anger -- Introduction -- Data collection results -- The frequency results -- General trends -- Implications of the frequency results.
Comparing the raw frequencies to the scientific advances -- The discourse analysis -- The blood and spleen metaphors and prototypicality -- Analysis of selected historical metaphor samples -- Chapter summary -- Part III. Micro-studies of emotion - the 19th century -- Chapter 7. The edge of anger -- Introduction -- Purposes -- Method -- Data collection -- Data selection -- Data analysis -- Results -- Discussion -- Implications of the study -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8. Bubbling happiness -- Introduction -- Data -- Research questions -- Method -- Materials -- Data collection -- Data analysis -- Results -- Metaphors of happiness -- Metaphors of excitation -- Metaphors of sadness -- Metaphors of anger -- Discussion -- Conclusions and implications of the study -- Part IV. Conclusions and implications -- Chapter 9. The non-autonomous nature of cognition, language, and culture -- Introduction -- Research questions -- Question 1 -- Question 2 -- Question 3 -- Question 4 -- Implications for conceptual metaphor theory -- Semantic shift and frequency of use -- Cultural models as conceptualizations -- Frequency of use measures and conceptual metaphor -- Is construal a dynamic process?: Revisiting the issue -- The embodied core and the cultural periphery -- The embodied core and the cultural periphery: An example -- Variation in conceptualization -- Variation in historical metaphors of emotion: The DME -- The unity of cognitive domains -- Conclusion: Conceptualization is static and dynamic -- Speaker/Hearer interaction and the "override" -- Implications for the current study -- Future research in cognitive-functionalism and conceptual metaphor -- Dynamic construal -- Experiential scenes, domain matrices, and non-autonomous knowledge -- Cultural models and linguistic forms -- Diachronic studies of conceptual metaphor -- The social context of language forms.
Methodological considerations in cognitive-functional research -- Multidisciplinary research -- Corpus size -- CADS and mixed-methods research -- Non-linguistic data -- Additional research techniques -- Chapter summary -- Epilogue. "Bridging the Gap" between theory and real-world language use -- References -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Index.
Abstract:
Contemporary linguistic forms are partially the product of their historical antecedents, and the same is true for cognitive conceptualization. The book presents the results of several diachronic corpus studies of conceptual metaphor in a longitudinal and empirical "mixed methods" design, employing both quantitative and qualitative analysis measures; the study design was informed by usage-based theory. The goal was to investigate the interaction over time between conceptualization and cultural models in historical English-speaking society. The main study of two linguistic metaphors of anger spans five centuries (A.D. 1500 to 1990). The results show that conceptualization and cultural models-understood as non-autonomous, encyclopedic knowledge-work together to determine both the meaning and use of a linguistic metaphor. In addition, historically a wide variety of emotion concepts formed a complex cognitive array called the Domain Matrix of emotion. The implications for conceptual metaphor theory, research methodology, and future study are discussed in detail.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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