“Girding up the Loins”: A Cognitive Sematic Analysis of Humorous Expressions
A large number of humorous linguistic expressions in English (and also in other languages) are characterized by such cognitive processes as metonymy, metaphor, and conceptual integration, or blending. However, these figurative devices are neither sufficient nor necessary for humorous effects. Fol...
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| Language: | English |
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Cracow Tertium Society for the Promotion of Language Studies
2016-06-01
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| Series: | Półrocznik Językoznawczy Tertium |
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| Online Access: | https://journal.tertium.edu.pl/index.php/JaK/article/view/15 |