Παρουσίαση/Προβολή

(ENL246) -  Σοφία Μαρμαρίδου

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Course Outline

The aim of the course is to familiarize students with a cognitive approach to metaphor and improve their awareness of aspects of metaphoricity.

More specifically, the course examines how it is possible to use and understand linguistic expressions that seem to violate all we know about the world around us, as when we say things like «John is a pig», «Your claims are indefensible», «I'm a little rusty today», «This relationship is a dead-end street», etc. Evidently, we do not have any problem in understanding the meaning of these expressions, even though we know that, in reality, people are not animals, claims are not fortresses, minds are not machines made of metal, and human relationships are not streets. In particular, the issue will be examined whether metaphor is only a stylistic, ornamental device, whether it constitutes some kind of linguistic deviation, or whether it is a conceptual mechanism motivating linguistic expression and affecting cultural identities. Moreover, metaphoricity will be examined as a property of metaphors to maintain discourse coherence through their exploitation.

The course is offered in the form of lectures and is supported by an extensive bibliography, study material practised in class, a selection of papers, and parts of a textbook expected to facilitate the students' study. All study materials are uploaded on e-class. Class discussion is strongly encouraged. Students are evaluated in terms of an end-of-term exam. They may also gain up to one extra credit, to be added to their final grade, by completing and submitting 10 worksheets, which will be distributed in class during term.

The course is assessed by the students' completion of an evaluation form anonymously.

 

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Πέμπτη 27 Οκτωβρίου 2011