Connecting the dots: Mental spaces and metaphoric language in discourse

More than Blends and Compounds. Conceptual Integration Theory behind Plant-Related Linguistic Expressions in Polish and English

“…Therefore, it seems advisable to refer to revised models of conceptual integration, as those proposed, e.g. by Brandt and Brandt (2005), or Oakley and Coulson (2008), to indicate other parameters indispensable in decoding the emergent meaning of each conceptual blend.…”

“…Fauconnier andTurner 1998, 2002), and further developed by other contemporary linguists (cf. Coulson 2001, Coulson and Oakley 2000, Oakley and Coulson 2008, Libura 2007, 2010, Brandt 2005, Brandt 2013, is successfully applied in various branches of contemporary linguistics (i.a. Kemmer 2003, Joy et al 2009, Delibegović Džanić 2007, Omazić 2005.…”

#ForgiveUsForWeHaveSinned: Conceptual integration theory and political Internet humour

“…In a series of papers Coulson and associates (Coulson 2006;Coulson & Oakley 2006;Coulson & Pascual 2006;Oakley & Coulson 2008) discuss blending and its rhetorical potential. These papers find that conceptual integration as a basic cognitive mechanism can be used as a rhetorical tool influencing the audience to change the reality and even act upon it.…”

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Abstract

The aim of the paper is to uncover the extent to which different forms of political (Coulson & Pascual 2006, Coulson & Oakley 2006, Coulson 2006, Oakley & Coulson 2008 that blending can be used as a rhetorical tool influencing the audience to change the reality and even act upon it, the analysis of the construction of meaning of political humour as products of conceptual integration can reveal hidden ideologies in political discourse.

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Meta-parody in contemporary Russian media: viewpoint blending behind Dmitry Bykov’s 2009 poem “Infectious”

“…Hutcheon (2000: xiv) points out that parody is intensely contextand discourse-dependent. Hence, while adopting Ferrari and Sweetser's Ground model as basic, I argue that the analysis of "Infectious" as a rather complex meta-parodic event of communication, requires looking beyond the basic and immediate ground to include the grounding context (as understood in Hougaard & Oakley 2008, Oakley & Coulson 2008, and Chilton 2008; or in other words, a number of relevant local, genre, cultural and historical frames and networks. Chilton (2008) emphasizes the relation of grounding context to genre; he argues that consideration of grounding leads 212 ISSN 2453-8035 DOI: 10.1515/lart-2016 us to a better understanding of discourse constraints and thus to the meaning construction behind discourse.…”