The Image of Grammar and the Grammar of Image
The Image of Grammar and the Grammar of Image
Author(s): Elżbieta Muskat-TabakowskaContributor(s): Agnieszka Pokojska (Translator)
Subject(s): Cognitive linguistics, Translation Studies, Stylistics
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 be 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.
Journal: Przekładaniec.
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: Sp. Iss.
- Page Range: 73-85
- Page Count: 13
- Language: English