Figurative and non-figurative motion in the expression of result in English
| Autor: | Francisco J. Ruiz de Mendoza-Ibáñez, Alba Luzondo-Oyón |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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060201 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language Property (philosophy) Phrase Conceptualization Metaphor Computer science media_common.quotation_subject Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 06 humanities and the arts Literal and figurative language Language and Linguistics Motion (physics) Linguistics Expression (architecture) Resultative 0602 languages and literature media_common |
| Zdroj: | Language and Cognition. 8:32-58 |
| ISSN: | 1866-9859 1866-9808 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/langcog.2014.41 |
| Popis: | This paper investigates the role played by motion in the conceptualization of result in the English resultative and caused-motion constructions. We argue that there is a strong preference for the figurative use of caused motion to express a state change when the affected entity experiences a complete transformation. However, if the affected entity acquires a new property but retains its essence, an adjectival phrase is preferred. Another category encompasses figuratively exploited resultatives that formally employ the caused-motion construction, but semantically do not codify the same kind of change. The paper also discusses the motivating role of the metaphor A CHANGE OF STATE IS A CHANGE OF LOCATION to express result, and proposes the additional activity of other high-level metaphors and metonymies. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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