Magdalena Zawisławska
List of John Benjamins publications in which Magdalena Zawisławska is involved.
2026 Changes in the conceptualization of “face” in Polish from the 19th century to the present day At the Crossroads of Historical and Cognitive Linguistics, Rogos-Hebda, Anna and Heli Tissari (eds.), pp. 222–242 | Chapter
This paper analyzes the evolution of metaphors referring to “face” in Polish from the 19th century to the present. We argue that diachronic analysis allows us to enhance and complete cognitive linguistics research. We argue that there is no evidence that in 19th-century Polish, “face” indicated… read more
2021 Metaphors in Polish, English, Russian, and French perfumery discourse: A comparative study Metaphor and the Social World 11:1, pp. 143–170 | Article
This paper examines metaphors in perfume reviews in four languages, namely Polish, English, Russian, and French. Some typical features of the perfumery discourse, similar across the four languages, have been highlighted, such as clustering, extension, and mixing metaphors. The authors also… read more
2021 Typology of metaphors with the olfactory target domain in the Polish perfumery discourse The Linguistics of Olfaction: Typological and Diachronic Approaches to Synchronic Diversity, Jędrzejowski, Łukasz and Przemysław Staniewski (eds.), pp. 449–474 | Chapter
The relative scarcity of lexical olfactory field in Polish makes it difficult to describe the complex and subjective sensation of smell. Unsurprisingly, the Polish perfumery discourse is permeated with various types of metaphors. This chapter proposes a typology of metaphors on the basis of… read more
2019 Narrative metaphors in Polish perfumery discourse Cognitive Linguistic Studies 6:2, pp. 221–246 | Article
The Polish perfumery discourse is permeated with various kinds of metaphors, starting with lexicalized metaphorical terms, e.g., nuta “note”, to creative, extended, and elaborated metaphors, e.g., Intensywnie doprawiony przedpokój prowadzi do cytrusowegosalonu, który jak dla mnie mógłby zajmować… read more