Cognitive motivation of English and Russian expressions containing the words eye(s) and glaz(a): a corpus-based approach

master's thesis

• Title (croatian): Kognitivna motiviranost engleskih i ruskih konstrukcija s riječima eye(s) i glaz(a): korpusni pristup
• Author: Klara Blažić
• Mentor: Mateusz-Milan Stanojević (mentor)
• Mentor: Branka Barčot (komentor)
• Committee member: Marina Grubišić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Anita Hrnjak (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of East Slavic languages and literatures); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2020-03-12, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Slavic Studies

Abstract

This master’s thesis studies the motivation of English and Russian figurative expressions with the components eye(s) and глаз(а) that is based on cultural models. The main aim of the thesis is to examine the semantic characteristics of figurative expressions and their relation to cognitive mechanisms (such as conceptual metaphor, conceptual metonymy, and conventional knowledge) motivating them. The study relies on the cognitive linguistic claim that our mind is inherently embodied and that meaning arises from our more general knowledge of the world embodied in our conceptual system. The analysis of figurative expressions with the component eye(s)/глаз(а) tries to show how embodiment affects and shapes people's understanding of the meaning of linguistic expressions, while a comparative study of languages helps us see how universal bodily experience is reflected in languages which share a similar cultural background.

Abstract (russian)

В дипломной работе изучается мотивация образных выражений английского и русского языков с компонентами eye(s) и глаз(а), которые базируются на культурных моделях. Основная цель работы - изучить семантические характеристики образных выражений и их связь с когнитивными механизмами (такими как концептуальная метафора, концептуальная метонимия и общепринятые знания), мотивирующими их. Исследование опирается на утверждение когнитивной лингвистики о том, что наш разум по своей сути воплощен и что значение возникает из наших общих знаний о мире, воплощенных в нашей концептуальной системе. Анализ образных выражений с компонентами eye(s) / глаз(а) пытается показать, как воплощение влияет на и формирует наше понимание значения языковых выражений. Сравнительное изучение языков помогает нам увидеть, как универсальный телесный опыт отражается в языках, которые имеют сходный культурный фон.

• Keywords: eyes; figurative expressions; cognitive motivation; cultural models; conceptual metaphor; conceptual metonymy
• Keywords (russian): глаза; образные выражения; когнитивная мотивация; культурные модели; концептуальная метафора; концептуальная метонимия
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:794477
• Study programme: Title: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation, TEFL; Course: Linguistics; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
• Study programme: Title: Russian Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teaching, Translation; Course: Translation; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra rusistike (magistar/magistra rusistike)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2020-05-08 10:05:46