Abstract: This paper investigates some aspects of culturally salient and entrenched visual elements, identified as cultural stereotypes, cultural icons, and cultural symbols. An editorial cartoon is analyzed ac...

Abstract: The paper represents an attempt to reveal the internal choreography of idiom modification. It is argued that modified idiomatic expressions can be explained using the postulates of the Conceptual Inte...

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...

Abstract: Ovaj članak bavi se prirodom odnosa teorije konceptualne metafore i teorije konceptualne integracije, dviju naizgled konkurentskih teorija nastalih u okvirima kognitivne lingvistike. Pritom se pokušav...

Abstract: Departing from the standpoint of two cognitive linguistic theories, the Metaphor Theory and the Conceptual Integration or Blending Theory, this paper attempts to establish their role in the creation a...

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: 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...