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SUMMARY:The Figurative Construction of Literal Meanings: Metaphor and Etym
 ology
DTSTART:20241119T090000Z
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DESCRIPTION:The Figurative Construction of Literal Meanings: Metaphor and 
 Etymology\n\nWorkshop together with Lucien van Beek (University Leiden)\, 
 organized by subproject A04.\n\nThe CMT posits that humans tend to employ 
 more concrete (more familiar) concepts to conceptualize more abstract (les
 s familiar) ones. Although this perspective is accurate from a synchronic 
 perspective on language\, it encounters some challenges when viewed from a
  diachronic perspective. An abstract concept may not remain consistently a
 bstract\; it can be employed as a more concrete concept in subsequent hist
 orical periods to conceptualize new abstract concepts. A brief examination
  of the etymology of numerous concrete concepts reveals how they were conc
 eptualized in earlier periods. The consideration of etymology within the f
 ramework of CMT\, however\, presents new challenges. For instance\, if the
  etymology of a word demonstrates its figurative meaning\, does this imply
  that it is not concrete but figurative? How should we approach lexemes fo
 r which the literal meanings are known only through etymology and which ar
 e not attested in their literal meanings in a given corpus? Should they be
  considered metaphorical\, or not? This short workshop addresses these que
 stions by focusing on a few small case studies drawn from different text c
 orpora.\n\nFor more information about the workshop and if you are interest
 ed in attending\, please contact Kianoosh Rezania.
LOCATION:CERES Palais\, room "Ruhrpott" (4.13)
URL:https://sfb1475.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/en/event/the-figurative-constructio
 n-of-literal-meanings_en/
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