Mediating the Otherworld in Polish Folklore A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective

• Main Author: Masłowska, Ewa (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Bern Peter Lang International Academic Publishing Group 2020
• Series: Polish Studies - Transdisciplinary Perspectives
• Subjects: Semantics, discourse analysis, etc; Sociolinguistics; Historical & comparative linguistics; Lexicography; Cultural studies; Folklore, myths & legends; Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography; [2nd; Agade; Cognitive; edition]; extraterrestrial; Folklore; Four natural elements; języku; kulturze; Linguistic; Linguistic stereotypes; Ludowe; Masłowska; Mediating; Metaphysical worlds; obcowania; Otherworld; Perspective; Polish; Polish folk; polskiej; Preconceptual image schemas; reality; revised; stereotypy; świata; Symbolic thinking; Wydawnictwo; zaświatów
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Summary

This book analyses the ways of conceptualising and interpreting the interaction between physical and metaphysical worlds in Polish folklore. A linguistic and anthropological analysis offered in this study focuses primarily on myth, ritual and symbol as reflected in language (dialect lexis, phraseology, speech acts). Employing the methodology and analytical tools of cognitive linguistics (preconceptual image schemas, cognitive scene, profiling of concepts, development of cognitive paths), the author reconstructs mental patterns at the heart of mythical thinking, linguistic actions and symbolic meanings, which reflect universal conceptual schemas and may serve as models for intercultural studies.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (410 p.)

ISBN

b15926
9783631796849
9783631796856
9783631796863
9783631795125

Access

Open Access