PRAGMATIC CONSIDERATIONS IN SONG INTERPRETATION - CONSTRUAL AND BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE
Monika Cichmińska
Instytut Neofilologii Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w OlsztynieAbstract
The aim of the present article is to show that such concepts from cognitive linguistics as
aspects of construal, semantic frames and idealised cognitive models can be applied for the
analysis of rock song lyrics. The article describes the results of a survey in which respondents
interpreted lyrics of a rock song and arrived at its different interpretations, often different from the
one intended by the song writer. The author attempts to account for those different interpretations,
relying on concepts from cognitive linguistics and cognitive poetics.
Keywords:
cognitive poetics, construal, idealized cognitive model (ICM), perspective, frameReferences
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Monika Cichmińska
Instytut Neofilologii Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
Instytut Neofilologii Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
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