Selected Issues in cognitive linguistics - MA Seminar 1 3301-JFS1KO
The seminar, designed for MA students, is devoted to a discussion of selected topics in cognitive linguistics, with special emphasis on the following issues:
- the general overview of the theoretical foundations of cognitive linguistics
- the idea of the embodied mind and its consequences for the study of meaning
- the idea that linguistic meaning is encyclopedic in nature
- metonymy as a conceptual mechanism: the reference-point ability; different levels of manifestations of metonymy; the mechanism of conceptual metonymy and indirect speech acts
- metaphor as a conceptual mechanism: metaphor as a tool which both shapes and misshapes human understanding of the world; metaphor as a tool of manipulation- conceptual blending: the mechanism of blending; the conceptual effects of blending; blending as a tool of manipulation; blending as a tool for achieving humorous effects
The remaining part of the course will be devoted to discussing aspects of MA theses that the students are preparing.
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Learning outcomes
A student will acquire advanced information about : Selected issues in cognitive linguistics - MA Seminar 1 and will develop his/her analytical skills.
Education at language level B2+.
In class discussions students acquire skills of expressing their thoughts in a clear, coherent, logical and precise manner, with the use of language which is correct grammatically, lexically and phonetically.
Assessment criteria
The basis for the course credit is a short paper (3-4 pages) discussing the main theoretical assumptions of the thesis
Bibliography
Evans, Vyvyan and Melanie Green. 2006. Cognitive linguistics: an introduction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. (selected fragments)
Fauconnier, Gilles and Mark Turner. 1998. "Conceptual integration networks". Cognitive science 22 (2). 133 - 187.
Panther, Klaus-Uwe and Linda Thornburg. 1998. "A cognitive approach to inferencing in conversation". Journal of pragmatics 30. 755 - 769.
Turner, Mark. 1992. "Design for a theory of meaning". In Overton, W and D. Palermo (eds.). 1994. The nature and ontogenesis of meaning. Hillsdale, N.J. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. 91 - 107.
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