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Author Mischler, James J., III.

Title Metaphor across time and conceptual space : the interplay of embodiment and cultural models / James J. Mischler, III, Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Published Amsterdam John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2013]

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Description xiii, 237 pages ; 25 cm
Series Cognitive Linguistic Studies In Cultural Contexts, 1879-8047 ; v. 3
Cognitive linguistic studies in cultural contexts. 1879-8047 ; v. 3
Contents Contents note continued: 1700-1799: Symptom localization (Giambattista Morgagni, 1761) -- Morgagni's work and influence -- Evidence for unified model in 18th century lay practice -- Summary -- 1800--1899: Tissue cell pathology (Rudolph Virchow, 1858) -- Virchow's work and influence -- Evidence for unified model lay practice in the 19th century -- Summary -- 1900--1990: Medical school standards (Abraham Flexner, 1910) -- Flexner's work and influence -- Evidence for unified model lay practice in the 20th century -- Implications for the current studies -- ch. 6 The main study of two diachronic metaphors of anger -- Introduction -- Data collection results -- The frequency results -- General trends -- Implications of the frequency results -- Comparing the raw frequencies to the scientific advances -- The discourse analysis -- The blood and spleen metaphors and prototypicality -- Analysis of selected historical metaphor samples -- Chapter summary --
Contents note continued: Additional research techniques -- Chapter summary -- Epilogue "Bridging the Gap" between theory and real-world language use -- References -- APPENDICES -- Appendix A Penn-Helsinki corpus -- Appendix B Archer corpus
Contents note continued: Frequency of use measures and conceptual metaphor -- Is construal a dynamic process?: Revisiting the issue -- The embodied core and the cultural periphery -- The embodied core and the cultural periphery: An example -- Variation in conceptualization -- Variation in historical metaphors of emotion: The DME -- The unity of cognitive domains -- Conclusion: Conceptualization is static and dynamic -- Speaker/Hearer interaction and the "override" -- Implications for the current study -- Future research in cognitive-functionalism and conceptual metaphor -- Dynamic construal -- Experiential scenes, domain matrices, and non-autonomous knowledge -- Cultural models and linguistic forms -- Diachronic studies of conceptual metaphor -- The social context of language forms -- Methodological considerations in cognitive-functional research -- Multidisciplinary research -- Corpus size -- CADS and mixed-methods research -- Non-linguistic data --
Contents note continued: Classification of the non-prototypical cases -- Control In The Non-Prototypical Cases -- Theory as a test of observed language patterns -- The proposal: The blood and spleen metaphors -- Synchronic studies of CM and culture -- Conceptual metaphors as universals -- Matsuki (1995) -- Yu (1995) -- Conceptual metaphors as cultural models -- Maalej (2004) -- Kovecses (2010a) -- Conclusion: embodiment and cultural models as equal partners -- Frequency of use and cultural models -- Chapter summary and conclusions -- Filling the research gap -- ch. 3 Metaphor across historical time -- Introduction -- Two types of historical study -- Synchronic-historical research -- Synchronic-historical research: An example -- A synchronic-historical study of CM and culture -- Summary -- Diachronic studies of conceptual metaphor -- Diachronic studies: Single factor designs -- Gevaert (2002) -- Geeraerts and Gevaert (2008) -- Koivisto-Alanko and Tissari (2006) --
Contents note continued: Non-linguistic data in conceptual metaphor research -- Summary -- The use of text corpora -- Introspection as a data collection strategy -- Introspection and the problem of context -- Text corpora as a data collection strategy -- Corpus research in Cognitive-Functionalism -- Corpus methods in perspective -- Summary -- Corpus-assisted discourse studies (CADS) -- Chapter Summary -- Plan of the volume -- ch. 2 Diachronic aspects of synchronic concepts -- Introduction -- Introduction to conceptual metaphor theory -- Perspective on a scene via cultural models -- Analysis of the CM of anger -- The bodily experience of anger -- Sub-variations of the CM of anger -- The fluid CM -- Elaborations of the fluid CM -- A research gap -- The experiential scene -- The anger prototype scenario -- Cultural models as bases in conceptualization -- Atypical cases of anger -- Controlled Response Over Time -- Intense Response Over Time -- Conclusions --
Contents note continued: ch. 5 Results of the ancillary study of non-linguistic data -- Introduction -- The ancillary study of the four humors cultural model -- General principles of the four humors -- The self-care focus -- The macrocosm/microcosm cultural model -- Implications for the four humors model -- Summary -- The ancillary study of non-linguistic data: Results -- The unified model: A historical composite view -- Basic principles of the unified model -- The macrocosm principle -- The microcosm principles -- The concept of balance in the four humors -- Five scientific advances in human physiology, A.D. 1500--1990 -- 1500--1599: Scientific anatomy (Andreas Vesalius, 1543) -- Prior research -- Vesalius' work and influence -- Evidence for the unified model in 16th century lay practice -- 1600--1699: Blood circulation (William Harvey, 1628) -- Harvey's work and influence -- Evidence for the unified model in 17th century lay practice --
Contents note continued: pt. III Micro-studies of emotion - the 19th century -- ch. 7 The edge of anger: The spleen metaphor across emotion domains -- Introduction -- Purposes -- Method -- Data collection -- Data selection -- Data analysis -- Results -- Discussion -- Implications of the study -- Conclusion -- ch. 8 Bubbling happiness: Properties of emotion -- Introduction -- Data -- Research questions -- Method -- Materials -- Data collection -- Data analysis -- Results -- Metaphors of happiness -- Metaphors of excitation -- Metaphors of sadness -- Metaphors of anger -- Discussion -- Conclusions and implications of the study -- pt. IV Conclusions and implications -- ch. 9 The non-autonomous nature of cognition, language, and culture -- Introduction -- Research questions -- Question 1 -- Question 2 -- Question 3 -- Question 4 -- Implications for conceptual metaphor theory -- Semantic shift and frequency of use -- Cultural models as conceptualizations --
Contents note continued: Diachronic designs: Multiple factor studies -- Trim (2011) -- Geeraerts, Gevaert, and Speelman (2011) -- Summary -- The research gap -- Theoretical implications -- Methodological implications: The role of frequency statistics -- Motivations for the current studies -- pt. II A macro-study of human emotion in cultural context, A.D. 1500--1990 -- ch. 4 Research questions and methodology -- Introduction -- Research questions -- The ancillary study of historical non-linguistic data -- Data collection -- The four types of data -- Data analysis -- The main study of diachronic linguistic expressions of anger -- Materials -- Data -- Implications for data identification and collection -- Selecting the search keywords -- The role of context -- Limitations of the keyword search procedure -- Data collection -- Data analysis -- An implication of the method: The value of mixed research designs -- Chapter summary --
Machine generated contents note: pt. I Theoretical foundations -- ch. 1 The Cognition-Culture interface -- Introduction -- Key theoretical constructs -- Cognitive-Functionalism -- Conceptualization -- Non-autonomous knowledge -- Culture and cultural models -- Cultural models as conceptual systems -- Cultural models as conceptual systems: An example -- Cultural models and syntax: Another example -- Cultural models provide perspective on a scene -- The implications of cultural models as cognitive constructs -- Summary -- Usage-based theory of language -- Usage-based models and empirical research -- Is conceptualization dynamic? -- Form-meaning pair -- The semiotic triangle: Form, meaning, and community common ground -- Theories of shared cultural knowledge -- Understanding ambiguous utterances -- Intersubjectivity revisited -- Summary -- Linguistic metaphor -- Methodological issues -- The role of non-linguistic data -- Implications for the current studies --
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-228) and index
Notes Also issued online
Subject Cognitive grammar.
Language and culture.
Metaphor.
Psycholinguistics.
Space and time in language.
LC no. 2013012311
ISBN 9789027204066 (hb : alk. paper)
(eb)