Learning Outcomes
Students
will become familiar with Conceptual Metaphor Theory as well as with the approaches that criticize it
will be able to evaluate this theory and the general discussion concerning it
will be able to make an oral presentation
will be able to coordinate and organize (a theoretical discussion on this topic
will be able to to approach critically and compare alternative theories
Course Content (Syllabus)
In this course Conceptual Metaphor Theory (e.g. Lakoff & Johnson 1980; Lakoff 1987, 1933) and the theoretical discussion with regard to the metaphor-metonymy interaction are presented. Furthermore, later critical views that bring up issues of methodology and focus on the communicative aspect of metaphor, as well as on the role of language, are discussed
Keywords
Conceptual Metaphor Theory, metonymy, metaphor-metonymy interaction, MIPVU, functions of metaphor
Additional bibliography for study
Barcelona, A. επιμ. 2000. Metaphor and Metonymy at the Crossroads. Βερολίνο & Νέα Υόρκη: Mouton de Gruyter.
Cienki, A. & C. Műller, επιμ. 2008. Metaphor and Gesture. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: Benjamins.
Dirven, R. & R. Pörings, επιμ. 2002. Metaphor and Metonymy in Comparison and Contrast. Βερολίνο & Νέα Υόρκη: Mouton de Gruyter
Kövecses, Z.2000. Metaphor and Emotion: Language, Culture, and Body in Human Feeling. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Éditions de la maison des sciences de l’homme.
Kövecses, Z. 2010. Metaphor: A Practical Introduction. Οξφόρδη: Oxford University Press.
Lakoff, G. 1987. Women, Fire and Other Dangerous Things: What Categories Reveal about the Μind. Σικάγο & Λονδίνο: The University of Chicago Press.
Lakoff, G. & M. Johnson. 1980. Metaphors We Live by. Σικάγο & Λονδίνο: The University of Chicago Press.
Cognitive Semiotics 5 (1-2): 244-267
Steen, G. J., Dorst, A. G., Hermann, J. B., Kaal, A. A. & T. Krennmayr. 2010. Metaphor in usage. Cognitive Linguistics 21 (4): 765-796