The Image of Grammar and the Grammar of Image Cover Image

Obraz gramatyki i gramatyka obrazu
The Image of Grammar and the Grammar of Image

Author(s): Elżbieta Muskat-Tabakowska
Subject(s): Morphology, Cognitive linguistics, Translation Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: (un)countability; mental imagery; visual perception; image schema; translation; metaphor;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the relation between verbal expressions and mental images. As claimed by cognitive linguists, “understanding a verbal message” requires that two kinds of mental imagery are evoked: rich images, which are encoded in individual lexemes, and schematic images, conventionally related to grammatical structures. Based upon this principle, an analysis of a Polish poem and its English translation is carried out in order to demonstrate that a complicated interplay between the two kinds of mental imagery underlies the texts and accounts for their interpretation.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 35
  • Page Range: 73-85
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish