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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE - DMITRIJ DOBROVOLSKIJ ELIS...

The book develops a Theory of the Figurative Lexicon. Units of the figurative lexicon
(conventional figurative units  CFUs for short) differ from all other elements of the language
in two points: Firstly  they are conventionalized. That is  they are elements of the mental
lexicon - in contrast to freely created figurative expressions. Secondly  they consist of two
conceptual levels: they can be interpreted at the level of their literal reading and at the
level of their figurative meaning - which both can be activated simultaneously. New insights
into the Theory of Figurative Lexicon relate  on the one hand  to the metaphor theory. Over
time  it became increasingly clear that the Conceptual Metaphor Theory in the sense of Lakoff
can only partly explain the conventional figurativeness. On the other hand  it became clear
that intertextuality plays a far greater role in the CFUs of Western cultures than previously
assumed. The book's main target audience will be linguists  researchers in phraseology 
paremiology and metaphor  and cultural studies. The data and explanations of the idioms will
provide a welcome textbook in courses on linguistics  culture history  phraseology research and
phraseodidactics.

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