The use of lexical resources in linguistic analysis has expanded rapidly in recent years. However, most lexical resources, such as WordNet or online dictionaries, at this point do not usually indicate figurative meanings, such as conceptual metaphors, as part of a lexical entry. Studies that attempt to establish the relationships between literal and figurative language by detecting the connecti...

This paper aims to present conceptual metaphors employed discuss psychedelics in texts published online by organizations popularizing knowledge about psychedelic substances. The foundation of this investigation comprises Cognitive Grammar, Conceptual Metaphor Theory, and Corpus Linguistics. A corpus 160 on medical research, mental health, therapy 2020 is built enable quantitative qualitative an...

The recent studies on metaphor (Lakoff & Johnson 1980; Johnson 1987; Lakoff & Turner 1989; Sweetser 1990) have proved it to be an important language device that reflects the cognitive source of human thinking. These experientialists claim that metaphors in our languages mirror our ordinary conceptual system and treat metaphors as conventionalized cognitive structure. Adopting the experientialis...

A major problem in modern information systems is to locate information and to re-find information one has seen before. Systems like the Word-Wide Web are heavily interlinked but do not show structures that help users to navigate the information it contains. The use of appropriate navigation metaphors can help to make the structure of modern information systems easier to understand and therefore...

Object concepts refer to unique clusters of properties that can be selectively activated or inhibited depending on what information is currently relevant. This conceptual "stretching" enables limitless new meanings to be generated, and figurative language provides a useful framework in which to study this conceptual flexibility. Here we probe the cognitive and neural mechanisms underlying the c...

Conceptual Theory of Metaphor (CTM), first proposed by Lakoff and Johnson (1980), is an approach to metaphor which releases it from the bounds of language and instead places it in the domain of cognition. According to this approach, metaphor and cognition are in a bilateral relationship, that is, each metaphor has a cognitive basis and conceptualization in the mind mostly takes place via metaph...

<p>This research aims to find the use of complex sentences and metaphors in online news article about Covid-19 Asia Times. This employs descriptive qualitative approach examine five articles Indonesia containing seven posted The writer uses Verspoor’s Azar’s theories Lakoff Johnson’s conceptual metaphor theory metaphors. result shows that 5 writing authors used 115 40 or (34.8%) which are...

This article is devoted to the problem of study metaphor in Cognitive Linguistics, conceptual theory metaphor. The deals with works such research scientists as Earl McCormack, G.Lakoff and M.Johnson, well Raymond W.Gibbs Jr., Dedra Gentner, Brian Bowdle, Lynn Cameron, Gilles Fauconier, Michael J. Reddy, David Pantner others. Definitions are given for two types metaphors: orientational ontologic...

Violence consists of a pattern of coercive behaviors used by a competent adult or adolescent to establish and maintain power and control over another competent adult or adolescent. These behaviors, which can occur alone or in combination, sporadically or continually, include physical violence, psychological abuse, talking, and nonconsensual sexual behavior. Research indicates that different typ...