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Syllabus:

Metaphor and Metonymy: a Cognitive Semantics Perspective, 7.5 Credits

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

This syllabus is valid: 2018-08-27 valid to 2018-09-02 (newer version of the syllabus exists)

Course code: 1EN072

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
Finnish: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
French: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Linguistics: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Russian: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Scandinavian Studies: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Scandinavian Languages: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Spanish: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
German: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements

Grading scale: Three-grade scale

Responsible department: Department of Language Studies

Established by: Faculty director of studies, Faculty of arts, 2016-04-27

Revised by: Director of studies, Department of Language Studies, 2018-06-27

Required Knowledge

Univ: At least 90 ECTS including 75 ECTS with academic progression (corresponding to level 61–90 hp in the Swedish academic system) in one of the academic subjects English, Finnish, French, Linguistics, Russian, Spanish, Swedish/Nordic languages, Scandinavian Studies or German, or equivalent knowledge. Knowledge of English equivalent of English 6/English Course B.
 
 

Literature

Valid from: 2018 week 3

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

Deignan Alice
Metaphor and corpus linguistics
Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. : 2005 : viii, 235 s. :
ISBN: 1-58811-647-6 (hbk. : US)
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue

Gibbs Jr. R.W.
Do pragmatic signals affect conventional metaphor understanding? A failed test of deliberate metaphor theory.
Journal of Pragmatics, 90, 77-87. doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2015.05.021 : 2015a :
Mandatory

Gibbs Jr. R.W.
Does deliberate metaphor theory have a future?
Journal of Pragmatics, 90, 73-76. doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2015.03.016 : 2015b :
Mandatory

Gibbs Jr. R.W.
Evaluating Conceptual Metaphor Theory
Discourse Processes, 48(8), 529-562. doi:10.1080/0163853X.2011.606103 : 2011 :
Mandatory

Embodied motivations for metaphorical meanings.
Johansson Falck Marlene, Gibbs J.R.W.
Cognitive Linguistics, 23(2), 251-272. doi:10.1515/cog-2012-0008 : 2012 :
Mandatory

Kövecses Z.
Conceptual metaphor theory: Some criticisms and alternative proposals
Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics, 6(1), 168-184. doi:10.1075/arcl.6.08kov : 2008 :
Mandatory

Metonymy: Developing a cognitive linguistic view.
Kövecses Z., Radden G.
Cognitive Linguistics (includes Cognitive Linguistic Bibliography), 9(1), 37-78. : 1998 :
Mandatory

Conceptual Metaphor in Everyday Language
Lakoff G., Johnson M.
The Journal of Philosophy, 77(8), 453-486. doi:10.2307/2025464 : 1980 :
Mandatory

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

Semino Elena
Metaphor in discourse
Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press : 2008 : xii, 247 p. :
ISBN: 9780521867306
Mandatory
Search the University Library catalogue

Steen G.
Developing, testing and interpreting Deliberate Metaphor Theory
Journal of Pragmatics, 90, 67-72. doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2015.03.013 : 2015 :
Mandatory