TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ewa Masłowska
PY  - 2019
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 2191-3293
SN  - 9783631796849
TI  - Mediating the Otherworld in Polish Folklore
T2  - A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective
DO  - 10.3726/b15926
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1068741
N2  - This book analyses the ways of conceptualising and interpreting the interaction between physical and metaphysical worlds in Polish folklore. A linguistic and anthropological analysis offered in this study focuses primarily on myth, ritual and symbol as reflected in language (dialect lexis, phraseology, speech acts). Employing the methodology and analytical tools of cognitive linguistics (preconceptual image schemas, cognitive scene, profiling of concepts, development of cognitive paths), the author reconstructs mental patterns at the heart of mythical thinking, linguistic actions and symbolic meanings, which reflect universal conceptual schemas and may serve as models for intercultural studies.
KW  - Four natural elements, Symbolic thinking, Polish folk, Metaphysical worlds, Linguistic stereotypes, Preconceptual image schemas
LA  - English
ER  -