A marriage of convenience or an amicable divorce: Metaphorical blends in the debates on Brexit
The paper investigates the interaction of conceptual blending and conceptual metaphor in producing figurative creativity in discourse. The phenomenon of figurative creativity is defined by Kövecses (2005) as creativity arising through the cognitive mechanisms of metonymy, metaphor, and blending. Spe...
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| description | The paper investigates the interaction of conceptual blending and conceptual metaphor in producing figurative creativity in discourse. The phenomenon of figurative creativity is defined by Kövecses (2005) as creativity arising through the cognitive mechanisms of metonymy, metaphor, and blending. Specifically, the paper examines the use of creative figurative language in the British public discourse on the topic on Brexit. The aim of this paper is to show that conventional metaphors can be creatively stretched through conceptual blending, producing instances of creative figurative language. Specifically, applying blending theory, we will analyse innovative conceptual blends, motivated by the conventional marriage/divorce metaphor. In addition, the paper also examines the way in which creative figurative language produced in metaphorical blends provides discourse coherence at intertextual and intratextual levels. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-00df0ebd6ad445d09bc597ec1a0a8aaf2025-01-31T08:34:31ZengSciendoExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics)2303-48582017-10-015112410.2478/exell-2018-0001exell-2018-0001A marriage of convenience or an amicable divorce: Metaphorical blends in the debates on BrexitBerberović Sanja0Mujagić Mersina1Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of TuzlaPedagogical Faculty, University of BihaćThe paper investigates the interaction of conceptual blending and conceptual metaphor in producing figurative creativity in discourse. The phenomenon of figurative creativity is defined by Kövecses (2005) as creativity arising through the cognitive mechanisms of metonymy, metaphor, and blending. Specifically, the paper examines the use of creative figurative language in the British public discourse on the topic on Brexit. The aim of this paper is to show that conventional metaphors can be creatively stretched through conceptual blending, producing instances of creative figurative language. Specifically, applying blending theory, we will analyse innovative conceptual blends, motivated by the conventional marriage/divorce metaphor. In addition, the paper also examines the way in which creative figurative language produced in metaphorical blends provides discourse coherence at intertextual and intratextual levels.https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2018-0001blending theorycognitive metaphor theorymetaphorical blendsfigurative creativityintertextual and intratextual coherencethe marriage/divorce metaphor |
| spellingShingle | Berberović Sanja Mujagić Mersina A marriage of convenience or an amicable divorce: Metaphorical blends in the debates on Brexit ExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics) blending theory cognitive metaphor theory metaphorical blends figurative creativity intertextual and intratextual coherence the marriage/divorce metaphor |
| title | A marriage of convenience or an amicable divorce: Metaphorical blends in the debates on Brexit |
| title_full | A marriage of convenience or an amicable divorce: Metaphorical blends in the debates on Brexit |
| title_fullStr | A marriage of convenience or an amicable divorce: Metaphorical blends in the debates on Brexit |
| title_full_unstemmed | A marriage of convenience or an amicable divorce: Metaphorical blends in the debates on Brexit |
| title_short | A marriage of convenience or an amicable divorce: Metaphorical blends in the debates on Brexit |
| title_sort | marriage of convenience or an amicable divorce metaphorical blends in the debates on brexit |
| topic | blending theory cognitive metaphor theory metaphorical blends figurative creativity intertextual and intratextual coherence the marriage/divorce metaphor |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/exell-2018-0001 |
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