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Metaphorical conceptualization of some notions in depressive disorders: Is PLEASURE an insipid milky jelly?

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Bartczak M.

Psychology of Language and Communication

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2008

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vol. 12

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issue 1

85-102

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The study concerned the process of metaphor creation in a group of depressive and of non-depressive people. It was assumed that due to some deficits in working memory and inhibition processes, depressive people would have difficulties with metaphorical processing and would produce fewer metaphors than do healthy individuals. It was also presumed that subjects with depression as compared to non-depressive individuals would produce more metaphors for negative notions, and generally would create more negative metaphors, independently of the semantics and valence of a notion. The results obtained in this study aren't univocal. However, it seems that there exists a tendency to produce a smaller number of metaphors in depressive people (especially concerning the notion of FUTURE), which could indicate the existence of some difficulties in metaphorical processing connected with depression. Furthermore, depressive subjects produced more negative metaphors for some notions but not for all of them. This points to the need of attention to semantics in studies on the mechanisms of metaphorical processing in a group of depressive people.

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Еще раз о «скрытых» значениях, или о том, почему слова — не ботинки

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Arkhipov I.

Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski

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2013

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vol. 4

509-532

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According to the theory of biology of cognition, meaning is not a thing attached to its form. Hence, the available accounts of “desemantization0148 of analytical forms of English verbs, metaphors and set phrases appear to be essentially metaphorical and, therefore, do not meet the standards of analytical procedures. When a study of wordings is conducted with a strict observance of language/discourse dichotomy, all actual meanings can be traced to the experience of languaging (“living in language”) (H. Maturana) of an individual speaker as their only source. Wordings are used as signals to inference meanings - either, according to the 1:1 correspondence to “their” forms (“explicit”), or by relying on combinations of forms of cooccurring words (“implicit”). This superficial difference masks the identity of semiosis in both cases. Our results show that systemic meanings are instrumental in lexicological analysis. They are generally to be accessed empirically because they occur rarely in discourse.

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Border Metaphors in the Polish Sociology of Borderlands

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Kurczewska J.

Polish Sociological Review

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2009

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vol. 166

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issue 2

193-212

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This paper treatises Polish sociology of borderlands (mostly Eastern) as the rich resources of metaphors of borders, especially national and political ones. It shows how these metaphors are linked to different sociological imagery-modern and postmodern. Its aim is to reconstruct analytical strategies and research projects from this sub-discipline, focusing on metaphors of borders. These strategies and projects are based on very different approaches to metaphors. The first operation is an instrument which the theoretician uses to reconstruct the theoretical typology of borders and borderlands. The second operation is a tool which the researcher uses to reflect more deeply on the empirical data concerning individual and collective reactions to borders and borderlands. The third operation is a narrative tool used by examinees who inhabit the borderlands. The paper provides a broad and intensive discussion of the functions of different metaphors about borders in relation to the different intellectual approaches to problems of borderlands and borders. It stresses the needs for equal treatment in Polish sociology of borderland problems of borderlands and problems of national borders. Especially emphasizes the positive functions of academic interest in borders metaphors in this scientific treatment. Generally speaking, this analyse enhances many links between sociology of borderlands and cultural anthropology and is closely connected to the question of where these intellectual operations on metaphors belong in the project of an interdisciplinary approach to borders and borderlands.

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Biznes jako wojna. Retoryka wojenna w tytułach prasy ekonomicznej

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Kochan M., Uniwersytet Warszawski I. D. U. W., Marek Kochan – badacz języka. Zajmuje się retoryką i erystyką r. n., Marek.Kochan@swps.edu.pl

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Litteraria Polonica

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2016

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vol. 31

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issue 1

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The topic of this article is the usage of the metaphor of war in the headlines of articles from "Ekonomia& Rynek" ("Economy&Market"), a division of the Rzeczpospolita daily, devoted to business issues. In order to establish the frame of the analysis, the author discusses the cognitive functions of metaphors (using G. Lakoff and M. Johnson’s study "Metaphors we live" by and other works devoted to the subject), the functions of the headlines in relation to the text and the usage of the rhetoric of war in business language. The majority of the paper is dedicated to a detailed analysis of headlines using the metaphor of war found in the examined sample (a total of 34 in 146 editions of the "Ekonomia&Rynek" section). In the article, the main elements of these metaphors are described: commonly used words, parties to the conflict, the nature of the conflict, the temporal dimension etc. In the final section of the text the author explores the issue of the potential results of the usage of metaphor of war: both for the readers and the institutions engaged in the conflicts.

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“Je suis Muslim”: The Image of Muslims in a Bulgarian and a British Newspaper

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Cheshmedzhieva-Stoycheva D.

Lodz Papers in Pragmatics

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2016

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vol. 11

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issue 1

105-126

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The paper analyses the way two broadsheets, i.e. the Bulgarian Dnevnik and the British The Independent present Muslim identity within the span of two months and over the influence of international events such as the attack on Charlie Hebdo’s offices. The focus is on the development of the positive image of Muslims through the refutal of the existing negative stereotypes. The study is done on a comparative basis using both quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis.

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Metaforic language of the Wrocław School of the Future Model

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Remiszewska Z.

Studia z Teorii Wychowania

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2020

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vol. XI(3 (32))

87-99

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In this article I am looking for an answer to the question: What are the meanings and significances of metaphors in the Wrocław School of the Future? I show the use of metaphorical language in the school, where metaphors are treated as a source of knowledge about the surrounding world, as a kind of support for more effective communication and as a stimulator of the imagination. In the Wrocław School of the Future, it is believed that a child does not have to be doomed to education based on stereotypical behaviors. It is also believed that in the process of education there is a need for creative thinking, based on various associations in which the ability to create a mind map, imagination, or so-called imaginative education is used. Such education at the Wrocław School of the Future is supported by metaphors that play a primary role there.

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Symbole religijne i metafory mądrościowe Laozi

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Korczak A.

Przegląd Religioznawczy

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2019

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issue 3/273

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There are both religious symbols and wisdom metaphors in Dao De Jing by Laozi. They suggest that the ultimate reality is above the human intellect. The most important metaphor is Dao – “Way”. The metaphor of “the mother” of the world plays a very important role. This metaphor suggests that wisdom consists in penetrating the source of all being. The metaphor of the “Heaven Gates”, which indicates the transition from common sense to the supernatural. The metaphor of “the child” suggests that wisdom is not about accumulating knowledge, but on spiritual integration. The metaphor of yin, or metaphysical femininity, plays a very important role.

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Making science more interesting, easy to learn and (hopefully) enjoyable

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Arévalo-García E.

Edukacja Biologiczna i Środowiskowa

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2014

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issue 2

52-57

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Science is everywhere, it is part of every feature of our lives and it is known that plays an important role in influencing the activities of human beings. However there is a worldwide declining interest in the field. Herein we propose methods: analogies and metaphors, correlating science with everyday life, the role of science in daily life – to improve the way teachers explain scientific topics in order to help attract the attention of students to science. The use of these methods have already been effectively used in many countries, where students are being able to comprehend difficult and tricky subjects in a clear, understandable manner.

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Metaphors Connected with the Sense of Sight in Geoffrey Chaucer's the Canterbury Tales

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Gąszcz A.

Anglica. An International Journal of English Studies

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2012

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issue 21/2

57-64

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The paper analyses figurative applications of phrases containing words connected with human seeing (e.g. the verbs see, look, espy, nouns like sight, look, eye and adjectives such as blynd). It shows the motivation for metaphoric expressions used by Chaucer to express his thoughts and visions in a most vivid and precise way and their further development in the language system. The analysis is based on the data obtained from Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales (Ellesmere MS), the Oxford English Dictionary online and the Middle English Dictionary. As regards its theoretical basis it refers to Lakoff–Johnson’s theory of cognitive metaphor.

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Owady w polskim i rosyjskim językowym obrazie świata

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Kuligowska K.

Studia Rossica Posnaniensia

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2018

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issue 43

167-180

RU

The paper is devoted to insects in Polish and Russian linguistic views of the world. The figurative meanings, derivational potential and semantic connotations of insects’ names, as well as idioms have been analysed to reveal the position of these animals in the language awareness of Poles and Russians.

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Novinove sloupky Jiiriho Hanaka v ćase elektronicke komunikace

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HOFFMANN B.

Stylistyka

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2010

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vol. 19

111-118

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The paper deals with a well-known genre of joumals and newspapers - the column. The analysis of morę than 100 columns of Jiri Hai k (from the years 2006-2010) resulted in a conclusion that this Czech ioumalist (writing for an independent newspaper Pravo) is a successor of the best representa" ves of Czech democratic joumalism, Kareł Havllćek Borovsk> and Kareł Ćapek. A ffequent topie of a political writer J. Hanak is the conflict bctwcen the European integration and nationalism. His columns and other texts are marked b> a rich vocabulary, numerous metaphors based on an outstanding knowledge of history, by a sarcastic irony and extraordinary elaborated intertextual dimension.

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Kompetencje metaforyczne uczniów w wieku wczesnoszkolnym

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Sala-Suszyńska J.

Społeczeństwo i Edukacja. Międzynarodowe Studia Humanistyczne

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2015

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issue 4(19)

201-210

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The ability to understand and produce metaphors is thought to reflect an individual’s cognitive level, creativity, abstract reasoning ability and linguistic competence. Unlike early emerging language forms whose acquisition is complete by the time children enter school, the understanding and use metaphors steadily improve throughout childhood, adolescence and into adulthood. Measures od metaphoric competence thus provide a measure of children’s developing conceptual and linguistic abilities throughout the school years (Friemoth, Kamhi 2001: 476). It has been suggested that child metaphors are a reflection on the language of an underlying transfer of knowledge from one conceptual domain to another similar to the kind of transfer of knowledge occurring in adults. Such a view of metaphor is consistent with domain-specific theories of conceptual development which claim that children begin by acquiring knowledge in a few domains which is later differentiated or transferred to other domains (Vosniadou 1986: 52). In the article, I want to present types of metaphors, theories of conceptual development of children and metaphoric competence. Moreover, I emphasize the teacher’s role in forming linguistic competence of pupils.

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The game of cricket as a source of metaphors

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Dixon I.

Beyond Philology: An International Journal of Linguistics, Literary Studies and English Language Teaching

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2012

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issue 9

7-23

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Once a part of the social experience of a relatively small minority, eventually cricket, with its rich terminology, became a fixed concept for a large part of the English nation. With the passage of time, cricket started to lend vocabulary and phrases to areas of experience outside the sport and its literal domains. However, it is not the origin of a phrase that is responsible for its comprehension, nor is it its literal meaning; it is the fact that the phrase has become an established part of a conceptual system of the nation. The literal meaning of an idiomatic expression or the meaning of its individual components will generally be of little help in its interpretation. Frequently there does not seem to be a direct correlation between them and if a connection exists, it is often arbitrary. The main purpose of the article is to present a selection of nine idioms/metaphors the source domain of which is the English sport of cricket. An attempt is also made to show the possible degrees of correlation between the literal and non-literal meanings of the examples considered. For the analysis of the metaphors the conceptual metaphor theory developed by Lakoff and Johnson (1980) has been applied.

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Olej, kapusta, kalosze. Inteligencja i głupota w polskich i bułgarskich związkach frazeologicznych

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Denczewa D.

Postscriptum Polonistyczne

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2013

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issue 2(12)

295-301

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The article discusses the conceptualization of intelligence and stupidity in Polish and Bulgarian phrases. The research found out a regularity with which both languages employ the same metaphors for designation the above mentioned human qualities. They are based on similar conceptual domains, organizing similar human experience. Intelligence in both languages is conceptualized as instrument (razor), stupidity as domestic animal (cow, goose) or very simple foodstuffs (cabbage, beans). The differences in conceptualizing of the intelligence and stupidity in both Slavic languages are insignificant.

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Fear is near the ear or on the locus of emotions in the human body – based on the utterances of six-year-old children

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Jęczeń U.

Logopedia

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2016

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vol. 45 EN

23-33

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The paper presents the ideas of six-year-old children concerning the location of selected emotions in the human body from the standpoint of cognitive methodology. The collected material shows that children at this age are not only efficient language users and they build their utterances in accordance with the “conventional usage of words”. It also shows their unique verbal expression and emotional attitude to their spoken texts. This confirms E. Tabakowska’s thesis that “cognitive linguistics is a proposal for people with imagination”.

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Conceptualizing the metaphors of drug abusers

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Gyuró M.

Topics in Linguistics

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2016

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vol. 17

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issue 1

81-91

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The intention of this article is to demonstrate, within the framework of cognitive linguistics (Lakoff and Johnson, 1980a), how slang words associated with substance abuse are conceptualized via metaphors. This study analyses recreational drug slang terms found in the Drug Slang Dictionary in order to reveal categories of metaphors involved in drug users’ language. The results of the data analysis effectively reveal that, within a thematic approach, classes of metaphor are coded to enable connections between metaphorical concepts and drug addicts’ physiological experiences in order to present their personal meanings and cognitive processes. The study also involves drug addicts’ narratives to identify conceptual metaphors in their experiences. Notably, it is argued within this research that figurative language use is also connected to the cultural background of users to a great extent.

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The usage of Nahuatl kinship terms in polite speech

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Madajczak J.

Politeja : Pismo Wydziału Studiów Miedzynarodowych i Politycznych Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego

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2015

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issue 7(38)

69-85

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Nahuatl kin terms are known to be employed in a vast array of metaphoric meanings, whose cultural point of reference is different than the basis of European metaphors. However, since colonial texts were often written by bilingual natives or Spanish friars, they include both Nahua and Spanish ways of associating meanings. This paper examines the use of several Nahuatl terms for children and grandchildren in speeches and dialogues recorded in colonial written sources. Taking into account both their morphology and contextual occurrences, it suggests that they formed a system, in which particular terms and grammatical forms marked the tone of speech, the amount of reverence and the social distance. It also attempts at separating pre‑Hispanic terminology from Nahuatl honorifics used by preachers, illustrating the difference between the two metaphorical systems.

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Sprachliche Bilder und Modelle: Bedeutungskonstruktion abstrakter Begriffe durch Metaphernphraseme (Beispiele: GESUNDHEIT und RISIKO)

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Rothkegel A.

Germanica Wratislaviensia

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2014

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vol. 139

275 - 289

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Modern abstract terms such as HEALTH and RISK can be paraphrased by metaphorical idioms (auf dem Damm sein / to be back to normal, auf Messers Schneide stehen / to be on a razor’s edge, mit dem Feuer spielen / to play with fire). Some questions arise concerning the relationship between concept and image. It can be shown that the images represent some cognitive models of the meaning of the term. Special interest deserve semantic constructions (as inventions within the framework of the fantasy world) which allow making highly abstract concepts concrete. The onomasiological approach provides some preference for the understanding of the interaction between source domain and target domain instead of transfer directed from the image to the concept.

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Skazane na melancholię. O emocjach we współczesnej chorwackiej poezji kobiecej

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Gawałkiewicz Z.

Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne

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2015

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issue 9

239-253

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The aim of the study is to answer the question what the postmodern melancholy is and how it manifests itself through emotions in contemporary works of selected Croatian poets: Božica Zoko, Marijana Radmilović and Tea Gikić. The analysis of poems focused on the theme of body language and metaphors associated with physicality, which are culturally consistent way of ex pressing melancholy. Postmodern phenomena, such as consumerism, media development, twilight of grand narratives, transformation of the aesthetics of the text, expansion of popular culture or value system instability, which create a melancholic anxiety. Characteristics of postmodern melancholy language have been analyzed which is also the language of women’s depression. The theme, most often undertaken by poets, turned out to be the body and language.

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„Zgromadziła nas miłość”. Językowy obraz miłości w homiliach ślubnych

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Rybka M., Sławek J.

Poznańskie Spotkania Językoznawcze

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2015

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issue 29

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The aim of this paper is to present the linguistic image of love derived from the wedding sermons published in the Internet. The idea of love is rarely defined in the analyzed texts and it is rarely presented in different aspects. Love is presented in the positive way by repeating the same, mostly conventionalized metaphors. What is more, the idea of love in the analyzed texts is stereotyped and schematic, because the authors of sermons refer to the common texts such as St. Paul Hymn to Love or different examples from everyday life. On the on hand, language of the sermons resembles the science and theological language that is not understandable for recipients, and on the other hand it is colloquial with the huge amount of expressive words.

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Metaphorical conceptualization of some notions in depressive disorders: Is PLEASURE an insipid milky jelly?

Еще раз о «скрытых» значениях, или о том, почему слова — не ботинки

Border Metaphors in the Polish Sociology of Borderlands

Biznes jako wojna. Retoryka wojenna w tytułach prasy ekonomicznej

“Je suis Muslim”: The Image of Muslims in a Bulgarian and a British Newspaper

Metaforic language of the Wrocław School of the Future Model

Symbole religijne i metafory mądrościowe Laozi

Making science more interesting, easy to learn and (hopefully) enjoyable

Metaphors Connected with the Sense of Sight in Geoffrey Chaucer's the Canterbury Tales

Owady w polskim i rosyjskim językowym obrazie świata

Novinove sloupky Jiiriho Hanaka v ćase elektronicke komunikace

Kompetencje metaforyczne uczniów w wieku wczesnoszkolnym

The game of cricket as a source of metaphors

Olej, kapusta, kalosze. Inteligencja i głupota w polskich i bułgarskich związkach frazeologicznych

Fear is near the ear or on the locus of emotions in the human body – based on the utterances of six-year-old children

Conceptualizing the metaphors of drug abusers

The usage of Nahuatl kinship terms in polite speech

Sprachliche Bilder und Modelle: Bedeutungskonstruktion abstrakter Begriffe durch Metaphernphraseme (Beispiele: GESUNDHEIT und RISIKO)

Skazane na melancholię. O emocjach we współczesnej chorwackiej poezji kobiecej

„Zgromadziła nas miłość”. Językowy obraz miłości w homiliach ślubnych