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Metaphor and Metonymy: a Cognitive Semantics Perspective, 7.5 credits

The course is discontinued from 2025-05-08

Swedish name: Metafor och metonymi - en studie i kognitiv semantik
This syllabus is valid: 2016-08-15 valid to 2018-08-26 (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: Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Language Studies
Established by: Faculty director of studies, Faculty of arts, 2016-04-27

Required Knowledge

Univ: At least 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, German, Linguistics, Russian, Spanish or Swedish/Scandinavian Languages, or equivalent knowledge. Proficiency in English equivalent to Swedish Upper Secondary course English 6/English Course B.

 

Literature

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

Artiklar som finns tillgängliga via internet eller UB:s digitala resurser (ca 150 s.).
Institutionen för språkstudier :

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

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

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

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

Evaluating Conceptual Metaphor Theory
Gibbs Jr. R.W.
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

Conceptual metaphor theory: Some criticisms and alternative proposals
Kövecses Z.
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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Evaluating Conceptual Metaphor Theory
Gibbs Jr. R.W.
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

Conceptual metaphor theory: Some criticisms and alternative proposals
Kövecses Z.
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

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

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

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