Abstract: Applying conceptual blending theory, the paper analyses the construction of the meaning of a satirical text ridiculing the language employed by politicians to frame the debate on current political and...

Abstract: The paper focuses on political jokes from late-night shows, which contain modified idiomatic expressions. The aim of the present paper is to show that conceptual integration theory, proposed by Faucon...

Abstract: The paper addresses the applicability of conceptual integration theory in the study of political cartoons, actually the role of modified idiomatic expressions in the process of cartoon appreciation. I...