CONCEPTUAL BLENDING IN HOUSE M.D.
Monika Cichmińska
Katedra Filologii Angielskiej Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w OlsztynieMarta Topolewska
Katedra Filologii Angielskiej Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w OlsztynieAbstract
The purpose of the present paper is to show how conceptual metaphor theory and blending theory or conceptual integration model can be complementary in analysis of language. We are going to discuss the language of the medical television series House M.D. (seasons 1-5) with the aim to demonstrate how the use of conceptual metaphors and blends reveals the mysterious workings of the human body, disease, diagnosis and treatment to laymen - the viewers. The article discusses six examples of blending paying special attention to the following features of blending operations: achieving goals of blending, namely providing human scale, global insight and coming up with a story, and inputs clashing.
Schlagworte:
blending, conceptual integration, metaphor, medicineLiteraturhinweise
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Cichmińska, M. (2004a). Spokojnie, to tylko amalgamat - ,,Gazeta Wyborcza”, kino i teoria amalgamatów. Prace Językoznawcze 6. Olsztyn, Wydawnictwo UWM, 21-32.
Cichmińska, M. (2004b). Klinika doktora Molko (Doctor Molko’s Clinic) - Metaphor or Blending? Acta Neophilologica 6. Olsztyn, Wydawnictwo UWM, 49-56.
Cichmińska, M. (2006). Amalgamat kontratakuje - ,,Gwiezdne wojny”, ,, Gazeta Wyborcza” i teoria amalgamatów. Kształcenie Językowe 5(15). Wrocław, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego, 231-242.
Cichmińska, M., Topolewska, M. (2010). Conceptual Metaphors in House M.D. Prace Językoznawcze 12, Olsztyn, Wydawnictwo UWM, 65-76.
Coulson, S. (2001). Semantic Leaps. CUP.
Coulson, S. (1996). The Menendez Brothers Virus: Analogical Mapping in Blended Spaces. In: A. Goldberg (ed.). Conceptual Structure, Discourse, and Language, Stanford/CA, CSLI.
Coulson, S., Oakley, T. (2005). Blending and Coded Meaning: Literal and Figurative Meaning in Cognitive Semantics. Journal of Pragmatics 37, 1510-1536.
Evans V., Green M. (2006). Cognitive Linguistics. An Introduction. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
Fauconnier, G. (1994). Mental Spaces. Cambridge, MIT Press.
Fauconnier, G. (1997). Mappings in Thought and Language. Cambridge/UK, CUP.
Fauconnier, G., Turner, M. (1996). Blending as a Central Process of Grammar. In: S. Coulson (ed.). Conceptual Structure, Discourse, and Language, Stanford/CA, CSLI Publications, 113-131.
Fauconnier, G., Turner, M. (1998). Conceptual Integration Networks. Cognitive Science 22, 2, 133-187.
Fauconnier, G., Turner, M. (2002). The Way We Think. Basic Books.
Fauconnier, G., Turner, M. (2008). Rethinking Metaphor. In: R. Gibbs (ed.). The Cambridge Handbook of Metaphor and Thought. New York, Cambridge University Press, 53-66.
Gibbs, R. (1994). The Poetics of Metaphor. Cambridge, CUP.
Grady, J.E., Oakley, T., Coulson, S. (1999). Blending and Metaphor. In: G. Steen, R. Gibbs (eds). Metaphor in Cognitive Linguistics. Philadelphia, John Benjamins, 101-124.
Internet 1. VISA/VRSA. Vancomycin-Intermediate/Resistant Stapylococcus aureus. Available [on- line] <http://health.utah.gov/epi/diseases/VRSA/gpvisa-vrsa.htm>, retrieved on 14th May 2010.
Internet 2. Guidelines for Treating, Preventing Blood Clots in Cancer Patients. Available [online] <http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071029185106.htm>, retrieved on 10th May 2010.
Kalisz, R. (2001). Językoznawstwo kognitywne w świetle językoznawstwa funkcjonalnego. Gdańsk, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego.
Kovecses, Z. (1986). Metaphors of Anger, Pride and Love. Amsterdam, John Benjamins.
Kovecses, Z. (1990). Emotion Concepts. New York, Springer.
Kovecses, Z. (2002). Metaphor. A Practical Introduction. New York, Oxford University Press.
Lakoff, G., Johnson, M. (1980). Metaphors We Live By. Chicago. Chicago University Press.
Lakoff, G., Johnson, M. (1999). Philosophy in the Flesh. Basic Books.
Lakoff, G., Turner, M. (1989). More Than Cool Reason: A Field Guide to Poetic Metaphor. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press.
Matamas, N. (2007). Why We Love Holmes and Love to Hate House. In: L. Wilson (ed.). House Unauthorized. Benbella Books, 87-96.
Mayer, G. (2006). Microbiology and Immunology On-Line Textbook. USC School of Medicine. Available [online] <http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/ghaffar/innate.htm>, retrieved on 10th May 2010.
Turner, M. (1991). Reading Minds: The Study of English in the Age of Cognitive Science. Princeton, Princeton University Press.
Turner, M. (1996). The Literary Mind. Oxford, OUP.
Cichmińska, M., & Topolewska, M. (2011). CONCEPTUAL BLENDING IN HOUSE M.D. Acta Neophilologica, 1(XIII), 37–47. Abgerufen von https://czasopisma.uwm.edu.pl/index.php/an/article/view/1065
Monika Cichmińska
Katedra Filologii Angielskiej Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
Katedra Filologii Angielskiej Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
Marta Topolewska
Katedra Filologii Angielskiej Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
Katedra Filologii Angielskiej Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
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