Cultural conceptualizations in language and communication / Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, Barbara.

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

Second language learning and teaching

Second language learning and teaching, 2193-7648

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metaphor--Congresses.

Metaphor.

Language and culture--Congresses.

Language and culture.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Intro

Introduction

Contents

Metaphor, Iconicity, and Culture

Metaphors for the Nation: Conceptualization of Its BODY and/or PERSON

1 Introduction

2 Cultural Influences on Metaphor Interpretation

3 Scenarios of Metaphor Interpretation

4 The English-L1 Cohort

4.1 The Nation as Whole body

4.2 The Nation as a body part

4.3 The National Territory as a geobody

4.4 The Nation as a person

5 The Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) Cohort

5.1 The Nation as a (Whole) body

5.2 The Nation as a body part

5.3 The Nation as Part of ego

5.4 The Nation as a geobody

5.5 The Nation as a person

6 Conclusions

References

Why Would We Rather Peg Out Than Simply Die?-How Do game Metaphors Help Us Deal with Death Across Languages and Cultures?

2 Why not Be Direct About Death?

3 The Soothing Effect of Metaphor and Metonymy

3.1 game/entertainment as a Metaphor of death

3.2 death as the End of a game/entertainment

4 The Soothing Effect of Conceptual Blending

5 Conclusion

On Patterns of Conceptual Construal in Tok Pisin

2 Pidgins and Creoles

3 Figurative Patterns in Contact Languages

4 The Analytic Framework

5 Metaphor-Based Construal in Tok Pisin

6 Metonymy-Based Construal in Tok Pisin

7 Construal Based on Metaphor-Metonymy Interaction in Tok Pisin

8 Summary and Conclusions

The Red Pill, Unicorns and White Knights: Cultural Symbolism and Conceptual Metaphor in the Slang of Online Incel Communities

2 Who Is an Incel?

3 The -pill Suffix and Incel Ideology

4 Sources of Incel Slang

4.1 PUA Jargon

4.2 Online Slang

4.3 Popular Psychology and Self-help Books

4.4 Medical Terminology

4.5 Original Coinage

4.6 American Mainstream Culture

4.7 Western Cultural Symbols

5 Conceptual Metaphors and Discursive Worldview

5.1 Structural Metaphors

5.2 Movement Metaphors

5.3 Orientational Metaphors

6 Conceptual Metonymy in Incel Slang

7 Conclusions

Iconic Nature of Board Game Rules and Instructions

2 Definition of a Board Game

3 Research Materials and Methods

4 Iconic Nature of Board Game Rules and Instructions

5 Iconicity in Language

6 Conclusion

References

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

ISBN:

9783030427344

303042734X

Publisher Number:

40030099353

10.1007/978-3-030-42

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.