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LIGHT and DARK: oppositional metaphor as the interaction of cognitive mechanisms

Svitlana Martinek
E-mail: svitlana.martinek@lnu.edu.ua
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3154-613X
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Abstract: Cognitive Linguistics, which primarily deals with the conceptual structures of human mind via their language manifestation, opens new prospects in studying binary oppositions. Despite numerous researc...

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Light as a visual source domain for the divine in the 17th century painting

Janja Čulig
E-mail: jaculig@ffzg.hr
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3870-6258
University of Zagreb
Abstract: The aim of this paper is to explain the motivation behind the creation of religious visual art in which light plays the role of the signifier of divine presence. We will endeavor to show that represen...

State-of-the-art article
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Metafora na razmeđu koncepata, jezika i diskursa

Mateusz-Milan Stanojević
E-mail: mmstanoje@ffzg.hr
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7221-5842
Sveučilište u Zagrebu
Abstract: U ovom se radu izlaže „treći put“ u često suprotnim shvaćanjima metafora kao konceptualne odnosno diskursne pojave. Metafora se sagledava kao sposobnost metaforizacije koja je zajednička i globalna, a...

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Cracking the colour code: A case study of red

Draženka Molnar
E-mail: drazenka@ffos.hr
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4512-7270
Filozofski fakultet u Osijeku
Abstract: For both physiological and psychological reasons the colour red is one of the most salient and semantically productive basic colours for human beings. Due to its stability over time, it has received a...

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Morphosemantic fields in the analysis of Croatian vocabulary

Ida Raffaelli
E-mail: ida.raffaelli@ffzg.hr
Sveučilište u Zagrebu

Barbara Kerovec
University of Zagreb
Abstract: This paper presents the morphosemantic field model, claiming that it is relevant in the description of lexical structures in grammatically-motivated languages such as Croatian. Arguments are presented...

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Metaphorical models in EU discourse in the Croatian media

Ljiljana Šarić
E-mail: ljiljana.saric@ilos.uio.no
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4373-9182
Universitetet i Oslo, Institutt for litteratur, områdestudier og europeiske språk (ILOS)
Abstract: This paper aims at reconstructing aspects of the current conceptualization and linguistic representation of issues concerning the European Union and its expansion, while exploring the role of metaphor...

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On the cognitive status of mental spaces and of some types of metonymy within Conceptual Integration Theory

Branimir Belaj
E-mail: branimir.belaj@os.t-com.hr
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2334-9673
Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Osijeku
Abstract: In the light of the automatic nature of the process of conceptual integration we examine the cognitive-conceptual status of the four types of mental spaces and their elements: the input spaces, the ge...