- to understand and be able to explain significant contempory theories of metaphor and related phenomena- to be able to identify a variety of cognitive metaphors and to recognize their linguistic realizations- to be able to apply one or more contemporary theories to an analysis of metaphoric language in art 

Discussion, lecture, tasks, presentations

Humans are capable of incredible feats of conceptualization. We argue, write poetry, and dream about notions as abstract as justice, infinity, love, time. In this seminar, we’ll study the organization, production, and reproduction of these conceptual systems. We'll discuss mechanisms like conceptual metaphor, conceptual blending, analogy, and embodied simulation; explore the role of the body, things, and the world; and analyze abstract concepts as they appear in text, speech, gesture, artifacts, and cultural practices.The aim of this course is to survey cognitive linguistic approaches to the study of conceptual systems - as they are constructed and elaborated in real time, as they are grounded in and enacted by our bodies, and as they develop over historical time within a culture. By the end of this course, you should be able explain how various cognitive mechanisms contribute to the creation of meaning, and use these concepts to analyze real-world examples (e.g poetry, music, video games, sculptures, paintings, photography, etc.)

successful completion of one Topics in Theoretical Linguistics OR Topics in Applied Linguistics course (see Curriculum) 

successful completion of one Topics in Theoretical Linguistics OR Topics in Applied Linguistics course 

- A guide to relevant literature will be discussed in the first sessions- Some readings and other class material will be made available on MoodleLink auf weitere Informationensee Moodle

written and oral assignments 

topics discussed in class

-in-class participation-presentation-home assignments-final paper