English Philology
Cognitive Linguistics
Faculty of Philology, Department of English Philology
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jurga Cibulskienė
Room 209, Department of English Philology, Lithuanian
University of Educational Sciences, 39 Studentų St., tel.
+370 5 2757258, e-mail: jurga.cibulskiene@leu.lt
English
Language of Instruction
BA in English Philology
Required Prerequisites
Suggested Academic Cycle MA studies (from 1st year of studies)
or Year of Studies
Spring
Semester
5
ECTS Credits
2
Contact Hours per Week
Compulsory
Compulsory/ Elective
Lectures, seminars and individual consultations
Methods of Teaching
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Course Description
This course examines language from the point of view of cognitive processes.
Theoretical frameworks about language and cognition will be applied to the study of
language, thought and culture. Among the topics covered will be the nature of cognitive
linguistics, assumptions and commitments, systems of conceptual organisation through the
study of categorisation, metaphors, cultural models and grammar. Also, students will learn
about conceptual metaphor, its structure, conceptual corresponding, entailments, etc. A
considerable focus is put on metaphor in literary, political, economic, etc. discourses and its
possible multimodal realizations. At the end of the course, students will present their team
research project on metaphor in different discourses.
Topics of the course:
1. The nature of cognitive linguistics. Its main assumptions and commitments
2. The understanding of linguistic meaning and grammar in cognitive linguistics.
3. Metaphor as a part of cognitive semantics. Constructivist and non-constructivist
approach to metaphor.
4. Conceptual metaphor theory (CMT). Conceptual metaphor vs. metaphorical
expressions.
5. Metaphor structure: target and source domains. The principle of unidirectionality.
Conceptual correspondences (mappings).
6. Kinds of metaphors according to their cognitive function, conventionality, nature,
complexity, etc.
7. Metaphor in literature and poetry.
8. Metaphor in political and economic discourses.
9. Multimodal metaphor: non-linguistic realizations of metaphor in arts, advertising,
cinema, architecture, religion, gesture.
Readings
1. Dirven R., Vetspoor M., 2009 (2004). Cognitive Exploration of Language and
Linguistics. Amsterdam: John Benjamins
2. Evans V., Green M., 2006. Cognitive Linguistics. An Introduction. Oxford: OUP
3. Kövesces Z., 2002. Metaphor. A Practical Introduction. Chicago: University of
Chicago Press.
4. The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought. 2008. Ed. R. W. Gibbs Jr.
Cambridge: CUP
5. Musolff, A., Zinken, J., 2009. Metaphor and Discourse. Palgrave Macmillan