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Author International Conference on Figurative Thought and Language (4th : 2018 : Braga, Portugal)

Title Figurative language : intersubjectivity and usage / edited by Augusto Soares da Silva
Published Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2021

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Description 1 online resource
Series Figurative thought and language, 2405-6944 ; volume 11
Summary "Intersubjectivity and usage play central roles in figurative language and are pivotal notions for a cognitively realistic research on figures of thought, speech, and communication. This volume brings together thirteen studies that explore the relationship between figurativity, intersubjectivity and usage from the Cognitive Linguistics perspective. The studies explore the impact of figurativity on areas of lexicon and grammar, on real discourse, and across different semiotic systems. Some studies focus on the psychological processes of the comprehension of figurativity; other studies address the ways in which figures of thought and language are socially shared and the variation of figures through time and space. Moreover, some contributions are established on advanced corpus-based techniques and experimental methods. There are studies about metaphor, metonymy, irony and puns; about related processes, such as humor, empathy and ambiguation; and about the interaction between figures. Overall, this volume offers the advantages and the opportunities of an interactional and usage-based perspective of figurativity, embracing both the psychological and the intersubjective reality of figurative thought and language and empirically emphasizing the multidimensional character of figurativity, its central function in thought, and its impact on everyday communication"-- Provided by publisher
Notes Based on papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Figurative Thought and Language, held in October, 2018 at Braga, Portugal
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Subject Figures of speech -- Congresses
Cognitive grammar -- Congresses
Cognitive grammar
Figures of speech
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings
Form Electronic book
Author Soares da Silva, Augusto, editor
LC no. 2021003377
ISBN 9789027260031
9027260036