Conventionality and creativity in the conceptualization of time in modern greek: metaphors and blends in language and literature
Abstract
This dissertation deals with time conceptualization in Modern Greek in the context of cognitive linguistics. I specifically focus on linguistic expressions that provide evidence for time conceptualization with particular emphasis on poetic discourse. To this end, a small, specialized corpus of Modern Greek poetry was constructed and used in parallel with a general corpus of Modern Greek. The aim of the dissertation is to provide an integrated account of time conceptualization in everyday and poetic discourse, while at the same time addressing the relationship between two prominent theories in cognitive linguistics, namely Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Conceptual Integration Theory, as well as the distinction between conventionality and creativity. The findings of the research suggest that time in everyday discourse is metaphorically structured in terms of space and motion, whereas in poetic discourse it involves metaphorical and non-metaphorical construals alike. Specifically, metapho ...
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