Metaphor in selected items of World War II propaganda

• Authors: Plichta Karol

Title variants

PL

Metafora w wybranych przykładach propagandy II wojny światowej

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The development of cognitive sciences has led to the emergence of a number of theories concerning the possible connections between the mental and linguistic capacities of the human mind. One such theory proposes that metaphor is an important tool for understanding a vast array of concepts by means of metaphors, which is reflected in the figurative language that ordinary speakers use every day. The conceptual metaphor theory, as can be indicated by the evidence included in the present paper, is helpful in analysing the cognitive value of not only linguistic expressions, but also that of pictorial representations.

PL

Rozwój nauk kognitywnych doprowadził do sformułowania szeregu teorii dotyczących możliwych powiązań pomiędzy zdolnościami mentalnymi i językowymi ludzkiego umysłu. Jedna z tych teorii mówi o ważnej roli metafory dla ludzkiego rozumienia, czego dowodem jest język pełen wyrażeń przenośnych, którego używamy na co dzień. W świetle przedstawionych niżej dowodów można stwierdzić, że teoria metafory pojęciowej jest pomocna nie tylko w analizowaniu wartości poznawczej wyrażeń językowych, ale także przedstawień wizualnych.

Keywords

EN

metaphor; conceptual metaphor; cognitive linguistics; propaganda; semantics

PL

metafora; metafora pojęciowa; językoznawstwo kognitywne; propaganda; semantyka

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Gdański
• Journal: Beyond Philology: An International Journal of Linguistics, Literary Studies and English Language Teaching
• Year: 2018
• Issue: 15/2
• Pages: 77-103

Dates

published

2018

Contributors

author

Plichta Karol

• Uniwersytet Gdański

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