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5 - Conceptual or Contextual?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2020

Zoltán Kövecses
Zoltán Kövecses
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Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
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In the chapter, I argue for a broad conception of context in metaphorical conceptualization – one that covers our cognitive interaction with various elements and properties of the situation of discourse, the discourse itself, the conceptual-cognitive background, and the body of the speaker and hearer. These dimensions of our interaction with the world are labeled the situational context, discourse context, conceptual-cognitive context, and the bodily context. All of these context types and the specific contextual factors that make them up can influence the creation of metaphors in discourse.

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context typecontextual factorsituational contextdiscourse contextbodily contextconceptual-cognitive context
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Extended Conceptual Metaphor Theory , pp. 93 - 116
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Conceptual or Contextual?
  • Zoltán Kövecses, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
  • Book: Extended Conceptual Metaphor Theory
  • Online publication: 02 April 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108859127.006
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  • Conceptual or Contextual?
  • Zoltán Kövecses, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
  • Book: Extended Conceptual Metaphor Theory
  • Online publication: 02 April 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108859127.006
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  • Conceptual or Contextual?
  • Zoltán Kövecses, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
  • Book: Extended Conceptual Metaphor Theory
  • Online publication: 02 April 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108859127.006
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