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The Construction of the Concept Internet through Metaphors
(Publicacions de la Universitat Jaume I, 2007)
The expressions by which we refer to the Internet reveal how we conceptualize
it. Rather than “a network of networks of computers”, as it is usually defined, we actually
perceive and experience the Internet as a PLACE. ...
Conceptual Metaphor and Text Development: a Narratological Perspective
(Publicacions de la Universitat Jaume I, 2007)
This study attempts to analyse the structural role of metaphor in a specific texttype.
For this purpose, we chose a specific genre, a popular magazine about scientific topics,
the National Geographic (NG), and one of the ...
Culturas cara a cara. Relatos y actividades para la comunicación intercultural
(Publicacions de la Universitat Jaume I, 2007)
Metonymic modelling of discourse, discourse modelling of metonymy: the case of the place-name based metonymies
(Publicacions de la Universitat Jaume I, 2007)
This paper deals with the way metonymy contributes to the construction and
understanding of social objects and of discourses related to them. The analysis is based on
an empirical study of place-name based metonymies on ...
Who Is to Believe When You Bet: on Non-Referential Indexical Functions of the Pronoun You in English
(Publicacions de la Universitat Jaume I, 2007)
Using English-language material this paper presents an account of a number of
functions of the pronoun you that are not directly related to reference. The analysis focuses
on occurrences of the second-person pronoun in ...
Metáfora y discurso
(Publicacions de la Universitat Jaume I, 2007)
Texto completo del vol. 5 (2007) de la revista Cultura, Lenguaje y Representación / Culture, Language and Representation.
Metonymy and Anaphoric Reference: Anaphoric Reference to a Metonymic Antecedent in Dude, Where’s My Country, Stupid White Men, The Da Vinci Code and Deception Point
(Publicacions de la Universitat Jaume I, 2007)
Departing from the postulates of Ruiz de Mendoza and his collaborators on
metonymic anaphora (Ruiz de Mendoza 1997, 1999; Ruiz de Mendoza; Otal 2002; Ruiz de
Mendoza; Díez 2004), this paper analyzes some of the most ...
Metáfora, sinestesia y otras figuras retóricas en El perfume. Historia de un asesino, de P. Süskind
(Publicacions de la Universitat Jaume I, 2007)
This article questions the author’s intention in the so frequent use of metaphors
and other rhetorical figures in Perfume. History of a Murderer. This novel is a landmark in
the German narrative of the XXth Century, due ...
Metaphoric extension and invited inferencing in semantic change
(Publicacions de la Universitat Jaume I, 2007)
Two models of semantic change, metaphoric extension (Sweetser, 1990) and
invited inferencing (Traugott and Dasher, 2002), have been offered as explanations for
changes such as “see” > “know/understand”. In this paper, I ...
In-roads of Language. Essays in English Studies
(Publicacions de la Universitat Jaume I, 2007)
Reseña del libro: In-roads of Language. Essays in English Studies. By NAVARRO I FERRANDO, I.; N. ALBEROLA CRESPO (eds.) 2006 Castelló de la Plana: Servei de Publicacions UJI, 179 pp. ISBN: 84-8021-545-3.