| 8th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference: |
| Cognitive Linguistics, Functionalism, Discourse Studies: Common Ground and New Directions |
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20-25, 2003 University of La Rioja, Spain Conference home page |
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Theme session on:Cognitive Linguistic Approaches to Humour25th July 2003 |
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| Tony Veale | Department of Computer Science, University College Dublin | |
| Kurt Feyaerts | Department of Linguistics, University of Leuven | |
| Geert Brône | Department of Linguistics, University of Leuven | |
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What this session is all about:Over the last 25 years,
cognitive linguists have given centre stage to phenomena like metaphor,
metonymy and conceptual integration, which more traditional paradigms of
linguistic inquiry have relegated to the periphery of cognitive
processing. The theme session on ‘Cognitive-Linguistic Approaches to
Humour’ is meant as a forum to extend the cognitive-linguistic framework
to another peripheralized area of conceptual inquiry, viz. humour.
It is the organizers’ firm belief that Cognitive Linguistics can provide
articulate tools to study the complex nexus of quantitative and
qualitative phenomena that combine to yield humour. What is more, studying
humour from this perspective may bring us one step closer to articulating
a framework for exploring the systematicity, stability and dynamics of not
just humour, but also artistic creativity and scientific insight. |
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