D. U. Ashurova m. R. Galieva cognitive linguistics

Questions and tasks for discussion

1. 
   How was metaphor considered in ancient Rhetoric?
   
2. 
   What aspects of metaphor are mainly studied in Stylistics?
   
3. 
   What is the core of a new approach to the problem of metaphor?
   
4. 
   What is conceptual (cognitive) metaphor?
   
5. 
   How is conceptual metaphor theory interpreted in the Lacoff’s tradition?
   
6. 
   What types of conceptual metaphor are distinguished?
   
7. 
   Specify the usage of conceptual metaphor in different text types
   
8. 
   What are the specific features of Conceptual Metaphor in the literary text?
   
9. 
   What are the main conclusions of Conceptual Metaphor Theory?
   
10. 
    How do you understand the notion of Conceptual blending?
    
11. 
    What other theories is Conceptual Blending Theory related to?
    
12. 
    Who are the pioneers of conceptual blending theory?
    
13. 
    What are the basic notions of conceptual Blending theory?
    
14. 
    Describe the process of conceptual Blending and the mental spaces involved in the process
    
15. 
    Define the notions of input spaces, a generic and a blended space
    
16. 
    What are the peculiar features of the blend?
    
17. 
    How can Conceptual Blending be applied to conceptual metaphor analysis?
    

Recommended Literature

1. 
   Evans V., Green M. Cognitive Linguistics. ‒ Edinburgh, 2006
   
2. 
   Lakoff G., Johnson M. Metaphors We Live By. – Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980
   
3. 
   Lakoff G. The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor//Metaphor & Thought. Ed. by A. Ortony – Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993. www.ac.wwu.edu:~market/semiotic/lkf_met.html
   
4. 
   Fauconnier G. Mental Spaces. Cambridge, 1994
   
5. 
   Скрябцова Т.Г. Когнитивная лингвистика. Курс лекций. Санкт-Петербург, 2011
   

6. 
   Кубрякова Е.С. Язык и знание. На пути получения знаний о языке: части речи с когнитивной точки зрения. Роль языка в познании мира. – М.: Языки славянской культуры, 2004. — 560 c.
   
7. 
   Теория метафоры: Сборник/ Под ред. Н. Д. Арутюновой и М. А. Журинской. – М.: Прогресс, 1990. – С. 5-32