James J. Mischler, III

List of John Benjamins publications in which James J. Mischler, III is involved.

Title

Metaphor across Time and Conceptual Space: The interplay of embodiment and cultural models

James J. Mischler, III

Contemporary linguistic forms are partially the product of their historical antecedents, and the same is true for cognitive conceptualization. The book presents the results of several diachronic corpus studies of conceptual metaphor in a longitudinal and empirical “mixed methods” design, employing… read more

[Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts, 3] 2013. xv, 237 pp.

Articles

Mischler, III, James J. 2014 Review of Sullivan (2013): Frames and Constructions in Metaphoric Language English Text Construction 7:2, pp. 308–314 | Review

Mischler, III, James J. 2009 The embodiment/culture continuum: A historical study of conceptual metaphor Formulaic Language: Volume 1. Distribution and historical change, Corrigan, Roberta, Edith A. Moravcsik, Hamid Ouali and Kathleen Wheatley (eds.), pp. 257–272 | Chapter

Cognitive Linguistics accepts as a fundamental principle that embodied experience and culture both influence the cognitive conceptualization of meaning in language; however, most studies focus on the influence of embodiment. Diachronic studies are useful to show the effect of cultural models on… read more