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Mediating the otherworld in Polish folklore : a cognitive linguistic perspective / Ewa Masłowska ; translated by Maria Fengler and Piotr Styk.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thompson, Ewa M. (Ewa Majewska), 1937- author.
- Series:
- Polish Studies – Transdisciplinary Perspectives
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folklore--Poland.
- Folklore.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (412 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2020
- Berlin : Peter Lang, [2020]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book analyses the ways of conceptualising and interpreting the interaction between physical and metaphysical worlds in Polish folklore. A linguistic and anthropological analysis offered in this study focuses primarily on myth, ritual and symbol as reflected in language (dialect lexis, phraseology, speech acts). Employing the methodology and analytical tools of cognitive linguistics (preconceptual image schemas, cognitive scene, profiling of concepts, development of cognitive paths), the author reconstructs mental patterns at the heart of mythical thinking, linguistic actions and symbolic meanings, which reflect universal conceptual schemas and may serve as models for intercultural studies.
- Contents:
- Conceptualisation of the interaction between the physical and metaphysical worlds: basic premises. General characteristics of cognitive processes
- Stereotype as a projection and interpretation of the world
- Imaging the relations between the physical and metaphysical worlds: the four natural elements. Water
- Earth
- Air
- Fire
- Imaging the relations between the physical and metaphysical worlds: the sun and the moon. The sun
- The moon
- Conclusion
- Summary.
- Notes:
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9783631796856
- 3631796854
- 9783631796849
- 3631796846
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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