Naslov
Black and white in thought and language: A cognitive semantics study

Autori
Molnar, Draženka ; Vančura, Alma

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
ELLSEE Proceedings International Conference English Language and Literature Studies: Embracing Edges

Urednik/ci
Paunović, Zoran et. al. (ur.)

Grad
Beograd

Godina
2014

Raspon stranica
115-127

ISBN
978-86-6153-197-2

Ključne riječi
"black", "white", conceptual motivation, metaphor, metonymy

Sažetak
The present paper, based on the theoretical framework of cognitive semantics (Langacker 1999 ; Radden and Kövecses 1999), aims to investigate variety of the linguistic expressions containing "black" and "white" in English and Croatian. Contrastive analysis of the relevant corpora seeks to give insigths into the contextual examples of meaning extensions. Metaphor and metonymy are offered as a possible motivation for such peripheral, often figurative readings, whose meanings refer to nuances outside their normal area of designation. Despite the obvious cross- linguistic differences in the inventories of colour lexemes, we will try to confirm our assumption that 'black and white' ("good and bad" ; "light and darkness") dichotomy plays a significant role in our popular culture and therefore appears to be culturally universal.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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