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Article published In: Pragmatics & Cognition
Vol. 24:3 (2017) ► pp.346–372

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Deliberately misleading or unintentionally ambiguous?

A cognitive linguistic view on defective codes of memory

 | Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej, Lublin, Poland
Published online: 28 February 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.18014.pra
Abstract
The present paper focuses on the use of deliberately misleading or unintentionally misinformative phrases related to the so called “Polish concentration camp” issue. This problem has been gaining increasing attention in the Polish media and political sphere. In the article I present the background of the problem including the current legal situation, as well as a linguistic analysis of a selection of problematic collocations. I attempt to maintain an objective stance and refrain from passing any emotional judgement on the issue, providing, at the same time, an in-depth analysis of the linguistic data. I frame the present paper within the cognitive linguistics methodology. I combine . 2002. The way we think: Conceptual blending and the mind’s hidden complexities. New York: Basic Books.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar Conceptual Integration Theory with Norén, Kerstin & Per Linell. 2007. Meaning potentials and the interaction between lexis and contexts: An empirical substantiation. Pragmatics 17(3). 387–416. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar concept of meaning potentials in order to account for the emergent and modifiable nature of meanings of complex expressions.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.“Polish concentration camps” as defective codes of memory
  • 3.Methodology and data
  • 4.Conceptual Integration Theory
  • 5.Meaning potentials
  • 6.Analysis
  • 7.Final comments
  • Notes
  • References
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