State-of-the-art article
E-mail: darko.matovac@gmail.com
Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Osijeku
Abstract: Nakon uvodnog utvrđivanja teorijske razlike između tradicionalnog
aristotelovskog i suvremenog kognitivnog poimanja procesa ljudske kategorizacije,
te navođenja prednosti kognitivnog pristupa, autor u...
Editorial
University of Oslo
Abstract: Cognitive linguists dealing with the Slavic languages in Slavic countries and worldwide have been engaged in broad research activities. However, much of this research has remained over-looked, especia...
Original scientific article
Sveučilište u Trstu i Sveučilište u Rijeci
Abstract: Ever since the Chomskyan views revolutionised the scientific study of
language, we have been expecting to see groundbreaking results relative to the
workings of the human language faculty. Unfortunate...
Original scientific article
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Metaphor and metonymy in legal texts
E-mail: adisa.imamovic@untz.ba
Sveučilište u Tuzli
Abstract: Legal discourse has been studied so far by numerous linguists and legal experts. Linguistic studies have predominantly focused on stylistic elements of the legal register, such as morphological and sy...
Original scientific article
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Cognitive theory of metaphor and idiom analysis
Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Russian Language, Department of Experimental Lexicography, Moscow
Abstract: We wish to establish to what extent the methods of analysis developed within the
framework of the Cognitive Theory of Metaphor (CTM) can be applied to idiom
analysis. Conventionalised figurative metap...
Original scientific article
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A new look at word classes in Cognitive Grammar
E-mail: c.broccias@unige.it
University of Genoa
Abstract: Langacker’s Cognitive Grammar aims to offer a conceptual characterization of word classes. Pivotal to this endeavor is the distinction between a “thing” and a “relation” as well as the claim that rela...