Original scientific paper

Conceptual Integration Theory – the key for unlocking the internal cognitive choreography of idiom modification

Nihada Delibegović Džanić ; Faculty of Philosophy University of Tuzla

Abstract

The paper represents an attempt to reveal the internal choreography of idiom
modification. It is argued that modified idiomatic expressions can be explained
using the postulates of the Conceptual Integration Theory. Optimality principles
and vital relations, proposed by Fauconnier and Turner, clarify and regulate the
relations within the conceptual integration network. The main aim of this paper is
to analyze the extent to which vital relations and optimality principles at work in
conceptual integration can account for mechanisms of idiom modification.

Keywords

idiom modification; conceptual integration theory; optimality principles; vital relations

Hrčak ID:

30737

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/30737

Publication date:

22.12.2007.

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