VOL. 61, BOOK 1, PART B, 2023, pp. 291 – 305 Full text (En)
Author: Efstratios Kyriakakis
Affiliation: Paisii Hilendarski University of Plovdiv
Abstract
The paper explores the role of cognitive conceptualization in literary language. This research draws on the work of George Lakoff and Mark Turner on the significance of cognitive conceptualization in understanding literature, specifically their book More than Cool Reason. The focus of the paper is to attempt to establish an approach to identifying conceptual metaphors and metonymies in literature. The text presents the essential theoretical background necessary for the topic, which is followed by specific examples from a literary excerpt from a short story by Charles Dickens.
Key words: metaphor, metonymy, conceptualization, literature
