Resumen In Cognitive Linguistics the study of conceptual interaction has attracted the
attention of many scholars. Analyses have primarily focused on the role of image-schemas …

Image-schémas (eg CONTAINER, PATH, FORCE) are pervasive skeletal patterns of a
preconceptual nature which arise from everyday bodily and social experiences and which …

This article analyses the nature of mental imagery in metaphoric thought as envisaged by
the contemporary theory of metaphor in Cognitive Linguistics (Lakoff, Cambridge University …

With very few exceptions, the OBJECT schema has gained little attention and is commonly
only mentioned as one of many among other image schemata. This is rather unusual in view …

This study analyzes Chinese liáo-mèi dialogues, in which the suitor attempts to make the
heart of his target lover flutter. The language used in such dialogues tends to be highly …

Can image schemas sustain the discourse on Brexit while building up emotional and
evaluative dimensions in the process? This paper analyzes the embodied meaning used in …

Este artículo desarrolla algunas de las ideas clave recogidas en Ruiz de Mendoza & Diez
(2002), donde se muestra cómo la interacción conceptual está regulada y constreñida por …

The common belief among linguists is that the image schemas cannot be defined, except by
enumeration only (eg Clausner and Croft, 1999). There are two reasons of that impotence …

The chapter provides background information which places the present study in a Cognitive
Linguistics perspective. It also provides the general principles which guide this study and …

In 2008 a financial crisis threatened to make economies collapse worldwide. The world
entered an era of bank and businesses failures, private defaults and massive layoffs. The …