To browse Academia. This book investigates the historical evolution of figurative language, particularly focusing on the concept of conceptual mapping over time. It proposes a model incorporating six major parameters that influence this evolution: thought processes, language structures, universal mechanisms, culture, diachronic salience, and semantic fields.
The work highlights the interplay of physiological and cultural factors in the evolution of language and challenges the traditional views on universals and their role in the history of language.
Mapping the Origins of Figurative Language in Comparative Literature This book investigates the origins of figurative language in literary discourse within a cognitive framework. It represents an interface between linguistics and literature and develops a 6-tier theoretical model which analyses the different factors contributing to the creation of figurative words and expressions.
By examining features ranging from language structure to figurative thought, cultural history, reference, narrative and the personal experience of authors, it develops a global overview of the processes involved. Due to its particularly innovative characteristics in literature, the theme of death is explored in relation to universal concepts such as love and time.
These aspects are discussed in the light of well-known authors in comparative literature such as D. The origins can involve complex conceptual mappings in figures of speech such as metaphor and symbolism. They are often at the roots of an author's personal desires or represent the search for answers to human existence. This approach offers a wide variety of new ideas and research possibilities for postgraduate and research students in modern languages, linguistics and literature.
