METAPHORICAL ASPECTS OF SELECTED SIGNS IN POLISH SIGN LANGUAGE

• Authors: Kosecki Krzysztof
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Cognitive linguistics studies language as a reflection of human mind. Many cases of concept-formation are based on metaphor. Though most of the analyses point out to the presence of metaphor in natural languages, also sign languages involve this conceptual mechanism. Comparative analysis of linguistic expressions and signs for such fundamental concepts as time, support, illness, and others, proves that they reflect the same conceptual metaphors. This, in turn, supports the Generalisation Commitment and the Cognitive Commitment as fundamental hypotheses of cognitive linguistics.

Keywords

EN

COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS; METAPHOR; SIGN LANGUAGE

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Polska Akademia Nauk
• Journal: Linguistica Silesiana
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 29
• Pages: 67-74
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Kosecki Krzysztof

• Krzysztof Kosecki, Uniwersytet Lódzki, ul. Narutowicza 65, 90-131 Lódz, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA06456