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- Presents a novel approach to folklore discourses, a neglected field for functional linguistics
- Offers an in-depth analysis of nearly 250 texts, provided in Hungarian and English
- Includes numerous illustrations and tables for easy comprehension
- Provides an overview of the literature, including Hungarian, most of which has been unavailable in English
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Cultural Linguistics (CL)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction to the Study of Hungarian Folksongs
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Cultural Metaphors in Folksongs
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Back Matter
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Cultural Schemas of Construal
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Conclusion
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About this book
This book analyses the emotional message of Hungarian folksongs from a Cultural Linguistic perspective, employing a wide range of empirical devices. It combines theoretical notions with analytical devices and has a multidisciplinary essence: it relies on the latest Cultural Linguistic findings, employing spatial semantics, cognitive linguistics, cognitive psychology and ethnography.
The book addresses key questions including: How is nature conceptualized by a folk cultural group? How are emotions and other mental states expressed via nature imagery with respect to metaphors and construal schemas? The author argues that folksongs reflect the Hungarian peasant communities’ specific treatment of emotions, captured in an underlying cultural schema ‘reservedness.’ This schema is grounded in principals of morality and tradition, and governs the various levels of representation.
The main topics discussed are related to two core issues: cultural metaphors and cultural
schemas of construal in folksongs. It provides a detailed example, based on over 1000 folksongs, of how a cultural group’s cognition can be analyzed and better understood through a representative corpus-based linguistic approach. The research is also pioneering in constructing a comprehensive analysis framework adapted to folk poetry, and offers an example of how cultural conceptualizations can be investigated in various discourse types. Last but not least, the book offers insights into the work of Hungarian linguists and folklorists concerning cultural conceptualizations, which have largely been unavailable in English.Keywords
- Hungarian folklore
- Hungarian folksong
- Cultural Linguistics
- cultural conceptualisations
- cultural cognition
- cultural metaphor
- cultural schema
- perspectivisation
- reference point construction,
- force-dynamic interaction
- meaning construction
- spatial semantics
- orientational metaphor
- subjective motion
- literary diction
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of International Studies and Communication, Széchenyi István University, Győr, Hungary
Judit Baranyiné Kóczy
About the author
Judit Baranyiné Kóczy studied English language and literature and Hungarian language and literature at Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Piliscsaba. She was a PhD student from 2008 to 2011 at Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest, where she joined the Doctoral School of Linguistics and specialised in cognitive linguistics. She obtained her summa cum laude PhD degree in 2014 completing her thesis on A Spatial Semantic Approach to Hungarian Folksongs. At present her main interests of research involve language and culture, cultural conceptualisations, metaphors in culture, spatial semantics, and folklore discourse types, where she applies theoretical issues to empirical, corpus-based study. At present she is a senior lecturer at the Széchenyi István University, Győr.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nature, Metaphor, Culture
Book Subtitle: Cultural Conceptualizations in Hungarian Folksongs
Authors: Judit Baranyiné Kóczy
Series Title: Cultural Linguistics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5753-3
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-5752-6Published: 23 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5481-6Published: 11 February 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-5753-3Published: 03 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2520-145X
Series E-ISSN: 2520-1468
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 232
Number of Illustrations: 19 b/w illustrations
Topics: Comparative Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Language and Literature, Cognitive Linguistics, Linguistic Anthropology