Meaning construction in creative metaphors: Conventional meaning integration through «generic interfacing» in a blend, and conditions of propagation and lexicalization

Given certain semantic and pragmatic conditions discussed in this article, innovative metaphors and metonymies may end in propagation and eventual lexicalization of new meanings in the language system. Paying attention to instances of creative uses of figurative language in context may provide valua...

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Autor principal:	Alicia Urquidi
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Lenguaje:	CA EN
Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2015
Materias:	metaphor conventional meaning generic interfacing lexicalization lexical spreading Philology. Linguistics P1-1091
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2fdbac333ced41a78832c7b59fb843da2021-11-27T10:47:07ZMeaning construction in creative metaphors: Conventional meaning integration through «generic interfacing» in a blend, and conditions of propagation and lexicalization10.5565/rev/catjl.1661695-68852014-9719https://doaj.org/article/2fdbac333ced41a78832c7b59fb843da2015-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/catJL/article/view/166https://doaj.org/toc/1695-6885https://doaj.org/toc/2014-9719Given certain semantic and pragmatic conditions discussed in this article, innovative metaphors and metonymies may end in propagation and eventual lexicalization of new meanings in the language system. Paying attention to instances of creative uses of figurative language in context may provide valuable evidence for such changes in the system. Innovation creates new meaning, but creative figurative language must also recruit conventional elements into meaning construction. However, as conventional figurative and novel meaning are not processed the same way – the former tends to be processed as a comparison, the latter as more abstract categorization –, conventional elements function as generic content in novel blends. This gives rise to a phenomenon dubbed generic integration. Furthermore, cognitive processes of comprehension depend upon and give rise to pragmatic inferences that complete utterance meaning. Therefore, in order to be viable for propagation, novel metaphors and metonymies must fulfill structural iconicity, and pragmatic relevance requirements.Alicia UrquidiUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelonaarticlemetaphorconventional meaninggeneric interfacinglexicalizationlexical spreadingPhilology. LinguisticsP1-1091CAENCatalan Journal of Linguistics, Vol 14 (2015)
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spellingShingle	metaphor conventional meaning generic interfacing lexicalization lexical spreading Philology. Linguistics P1-1091 Alicia Urquidi Meaning construction in creative metaphors: Conventional meaning integration through «generic interfacing» in a blend, and conditions of propagation and lexicalization
description	Given certain semantic and pragmatic conditions discussed in this article, innovative metaphors and metonymies may end in propagation and eventual lexicalization of new meanings in the language system. Paying attention to instances of creative uses of figurative language in context may provide valuable evidence for such changes in the system. Innovation creates new meaning, but creative figurative language must also recruit conventional elements into meaning construction. However, as conventional figurative and novel meaning are not processed the same way – the former tends to be processed as a comparison, the latter as more abstract categorization –, conventional elements function as generic content in novel blends. This gives rise to a phenomenon dubbed generic integration. Furthermore, cognitive processes of comprehension depend upon and give rise to pragmatic inferences that complete utterance meaning. Therefore, in order to be viable for propagation, novel metaphors and metonymies must fulfill structural iconicity, and pragmatic relevance requirements.
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title	Meaning construction in creative metaphors: Conventional meaning integration through «generic interfacing» in a blend, and conditions of propagation and lexicalization
title_short	Meaning construction in creative metaphors: Conventional meaning integration through «generic interfacing» in a blend, and conditions of propagation and lexicalization
title_full	Meaning construction in creative metaphors: Conventional meaning integration through «generic interfacing» in a blend, and conditions of propagation and lexicalization
title_fullStr	Meaning construction in creative metaphors: Conventional meaning integration through «generic interfacing» in a blend, and conditions of propagation and lexicalization
title_full_unstemmed	Meaning construction in creative metaphors: Conventional meaning integration through «generic interfacing» in a blend, and conditions of propagation and lexicalization
title_sort	meaning construction in creative metaphors: conventional meaning integration through «generic interfacing» in a blend, and conditions of propagation and lexicalization
publisher	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
publishDate	2015
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Meaning construction in creative metaphors: Conventional meaning integration through «generic interfacing» in a blend, and conditions of propagation and lexicalization

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