Historical Cognitive Linguistics

Winters, Margaret E.; Tissari, Heli; Allan, Kathryn

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“…In line with previous research, the analysis reported here shows that the Old English vocabulary related to sadness, just like Modern and Early Modern English vocabulary (Barcelona 1986;Tissari 2008Tissari , 2010, echoes some of the physical and behavioral effects that may go with this emotion. However, it also suggests that a comprehensive picture of the Old English conceptualization of sadness also involves awareness of the cultural and scientific traditions that prevailed at that moment, in particular the Four Humors Model, a scientific theory articulated by the Greek physician Hippocrates thatposited that the fluid content of the bodyconsisting mainly of four humors: blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bileregulated people's character and emotions (Radden 2000).…”

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“…Even though we are aware of the need of a larger Old English corpus for a quantitative study and for the exploration of other possible conceptualizations of sadness in the early periods of English, our data along with previous findings on the expressions of distress in oe (Nicholson 1995); Middle English (Díaz Vera 2011; Peters 2004), the Early Modern English period and present-day English (Tissari 2008(Tissari , 2010Kövecses 1986Kövecses , 1988Kövecses , 1995Kövecses , 2000Barcelona 1986; Stefanowitch 2006; among others) support a long-term metaphoric construal for the concept of sadness. As we have shown, Modern English speakers share with the Anglo-Saxons a similar network of conceptualizations of sadness.…”

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“…Thus, for example, diachronic studies have shown that many current cross-linguistic metaphors were also present in earlier stages of the language and have shed light on how metonymic and metaphoric senses develop (Allan 2008;Tissari 2008Tissari , 2010Trim 2014; among others). Other studies have focused on historical and cultural variations (Anderson, Bramwell, & Hough 2016;Allan 2006Allan , 2010Díaz-Vera 2014;Gevaert 2002;Györi 1998;Kövecses 2007;Mischler 2013;Stefanowitsch 2004;Trim 2010;Yu 1995, to name but a few) and have provided evidence that the basis of metaphor and metonymy may vary across time, languages and societies and that cultural models actively modulate the way a notion is conceptualized. The conceptualization of anger clearly illustrates this point since it shows diachronic variation (Geeraerts & Gevaert 2008;Geeraerts, Gevaert, & Speelman 2011;Gevaert 2001Gevaert , 2005.…”

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Metonymies and metaphors of sadness in the Old English vocabulary

Castaño

Clavera

2018

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The aim of this paper is to explore the predominant metonymic and metaphoric conceptualizations of sadness in the Old English period. To this end, the Old English expressions for emotional distress recorded in The Old English Thesaurus and old English dictionaries have been analyzed. Taking as a starting point the experiential grounding of emotion conceptualization, we first present experimental evidence in support of the role of somato-behavioral reactions in emotion recognition, affective state induction and emotional information processing and interpretation, and review the most common metonymic and metaphoric expressions for sadness in Modern English. Next, we analyze the Old English vocabulary for sadness and the interplay between embodiment and culture in the conceptualization and linguistic description of emotional distress. Such analysis makes it clear that in ancient times, as in present day English, sadness and psychological distress were also conceptualized in terms of unpleasant physical conditions such as illness, cold, darkness or heaviness. Consequently, a long-term diachronic trend in the conceptualization of sadness can be traced even though its linguistic realization and motivation have varied through time.

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Metonymies and metaphors of sadness in the Old English vocabulary

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Clavera

2018

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“…In Russia, the past decades have seen the rapid development of new areas of diachronic research in conceptology (Bogatyreva 2009, Kolesov 2018, Kondratieva 2011, cultural linguistics (Larina, Ozyumenko & Kurteš. 2021, Sazonova & Borozdina 2010, Shaklein 2009, comparative conceptology (Bogatyreva 2011, Kuznetsov 2007, metaphor studies (Allan 2008, Cánovas 2015, Díaz-Vera 2015, Geeraerts 2010, Kövecses 2005, Solopova 2015, 2020, Solopova & Saltykova 2019, Solopova & Chudinov 2018, Trim 2011, Chudinov, Budaev & Solopova 2020.…”

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War yesterday and today: The image of Russia in British media discourse

Solopova

Александровна²,

Kushneruk

et al. 2021

Russian Journal of Linguistics

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The paper focuses on diachronic framing analysis of Russias images in British media discourse. The importance of the research is determined by a need to work out adequate linguistic foundations to counteract information war, generated by some foreign media and aimed at distorting Russias history and eroding its spiritual values. Few scholars have drawn on any systematic research into analysis of Russias images in foreign media discourses of different historical spans. The major objective is to compare Russias images and their emotional charge in the British media in chronologically divided periods of war and peace under the influence of changing historical and ideological factors. The authors account for the mechanisms by which Russias images are framed and transformed in the contexts of the largest war of the XX century and the information war of the XXI century. The material comprises 500 samples per period. The data covering two historical spans are investigated through a framing approach. The criteria for diachronic analysis are dominant diagnostic and prognostic frames, constituting the macroframe WAR. The significant difference in Russias images in war- and peacetime consists in their emotive load: Russias contemporary negative images are contrasted to positive images activated in the retrospective period. The findings support the idea that British media discourse focusing on Russia is subject-centered: Russias image is determined by the geopolitical situation, Great Britains political priorities and objectives, and the bilateral relationship between the countries. The results can be used to further develop the linguistic basics of war theory.

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“…From the perspective of an emergent complex adaptive system (Ellis & Larsen-Freeman, 2009;Tabor & Tanenhaus, 2001;The Five Graces Group, 2009;Van Geert, 2009Winters et al, 2010), the adaptive properties of a (second) language are shaped by interactions. SNA helps capture the behavior of individuals and establish the degree to which they meet their educational goals.…”

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How Output Outweighs Input and Interlocutors Matter for Study‐Abroad SLA: Computational Social Network Analysis of Learner Interactions

Paradowski

Cierpich-Kozieł

CHEN

et al. 2022

The Modern Language Journal

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This data-driven study framed in the interactionist approach investigates the influence of social graph topology and peer interaction dynamics among foreign exchange students enrolled in an intensive German language course on second language acquisition (SLA) outcomes. Applying the algorithms and metrics of computational social network analysis (SNA), we find that (a) the best predictor of target language (TL) performance is reciprocal interactions in the language being acquired, (b) the proportion of output in the TL is a stronger predictor than input (Principle of Proportional Output), (c) there is a negative relationship between performance and interactions with same-first-language speakers, (d) a significantly underperforming English native-speaker dominated cluster is present, and (e) there are more intense interactions taking place between students of different proficiency levels. Unlike previous study abroad social network research concentrating on the microlevel of individual learners' egocentric networks and presenting an emic view only, this study constitutes the first application of computational SNA to a complete learner network (sociogram). It provides new insights into the link between social relations and SLA with an etic perspective, showing how social network configuration and peer learner interaction are stronger predictors of TL performance than individual factors such as attitude or motivation, and offering a rigorous methodology for investigating the phenomenon.

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Historical Cognitive Linguistics

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Metonymies and metaphors of sadness in the Old English vocabulary

Metonymies and metaphors of sadness in the Old English vocabulary

War yesterday and today: The image of Russia in British media discourse

How Output Outweighs Input and Interlocutors Matter for Study‐Abroad SLA: Computational Social Network Analysis of Learner Interactions

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