“Piękni i bestie” (“The Beauties and the Beasts”) – Local Context in Conceptual Integration Networks Cover Image

“Piękni i bestie” (“The Beauties and the Beasts”) – Local Context in Conceptual Integration Networks
“Piękni i bestie” (“The Beauties and the Beasts”) – Local Context in Conceptual Integration Networks

Author(s): Monika Cichmińska
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie
Keywords: blending; conceptual integration network; grounding box; local context

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to discuss the importance of local context in conceptualintegration networks as proposed by Coulson and Oakley [2007]. Their concept of groundingbox is discussed with reference to the headline Piękni i bestie [The Beauties and the Beasts] from “Gazeta Wyborcza” (28th–29th May, 2011).

  • Issue Year: 2/2012
  • Issue No: XIV
  • Page Range: 5-12
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: English