Syllabus:

Metaphor and metonymy in English: a cognitive semantics perspective, 7.5 credits

The course is discontinued from 2025-05-08

Swedish name: Metafor och metonymi i engelska: en studie i kognitiv semantik

This syllabus is valid: 2012-01-02 and until further notice

Course code: 1EN058

Credit points: 7.5

Education level: Second cycle

Main Field of Study and progress level: English: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements

Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail

Responsible department: Department of Language Studies

Required Knowledge

Three 30-credit university courses in English, or equivalent qualifications. In order to be admitted to the course, applicants must have completed all 90 credits. In addition, their previous studies must include an introductory course and a continuation course in linguistics at university level, or equivalent qualifications.

Literature

Valid from: 2012 week 3

Croft William
The Role of Domain in the Interpretation of Metaphors and Metonymies
Cognitive Linguistics, 4:4 : 1993 :
Mandatory

Deignan Alice
Metaphor and corpus linguistics
Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. : 2005 : viii, 235 s. :
ISBN: 1-58811-647-6 (hbk. : US)
Mandatory
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Metonomy and Conceptual Integration
Fauconnier Giles, Turner Mark
Metonomy in language and thought : 1999 :
Mandatory

Grady Joseph
Primary metaphors as inputs to conceptual integration
Journal of Pragmatics, 37 : 2005 :
Mandatory

Kövecses Zoltán
Conceptual metaphor theory: Some criticisms and alternative proposals
Annual review of cognitive linguistics, 6 : 2003 :
Mandatory

Metonomy: Developing a cognitive linguistic view.
Kövecses Zoltán, Radden Günter
Cognitive Linguistics, 9 : 1998 :
Mandatory

The metaphorical structure of the human conceptual system
Lakoff George, Johnson Mark
Cognitive science, 4 : 1980 :
Mandatory

McGlone Matthew S
What is the explanatory value of a conceptual metaphor?
Language & Communication, 27 : 2007 :
Mandatory

Murphy Gregory L
On metaphoric representation
Cognition, 60 : 1996 :
Mandatory

Pragglejaz Group
MIP: A Method for Identifying Metaphorically Used Words in Discourse
Metaphor and Symbol, 22 : 2007 :
Mandatory

Sinha Chris
Blending out of the background
Journal of Pragmatics, 37 : 2005 :
Mandatory

The Discourse Dynamics Approach to Metaphor and Metaphor-Led Discourse Analysis
Cameron Lynne, Maslen Robert, Todd Zasie, Maule John, Stratton Peter, Stanley Neil
Metaphor and Symbol, 24:2 : 2009 :
Mandatory