Réka Benczes
List of John Benjamins publications in which Réka Benczes is involved.
Book series
ISSN 1387-6724
Visual Metaphors
Edited by Réka Benczes and Veronika Szelid
Whenever we think about the world – including its concrete and abstract entities – we typically see a series of so-called mental images in front of our eyes that aid us in everyday problem solving and navigating ourselves in the world. Visual metaphors, similarly to their linguistic counterparts,… read more[Benjamins Current Topics, 124] 2022. vi, 284 pp.
Visual Metaphors
Edited by Réka Benczes and Veronika Szelid
Special issue of Cognitive Linguistic Studies 7:1 (2020) vi, 274 pp.
Defining Metonymy in Cognitive Linguistics: Towards a consensus view
Edited by Réka Benczes, Antonio Barcelona and Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez
While cognitive linguists are essentially in agreement on both the conceptual nature and the fundamental importance of metonymy, there remain disagreements on a number of specific but, nevertheless, crucial issues. Research questions include: Is metonymy a relationship between “entities” or… read more[Human Cognitive Processing, 28] 2011. viii, 284 pp.
Creative Compounding in English: The Semantics of Metaphorical and Metonymical Noun-Noun Combinations
Réka Benczes
Metaphorical and metonymical compounds – novel and lexicalised ones alike – are remarkably abundant in language. Yet how can we be sure that when using an expression such as land fishing in order to speak about metal detecting, the referent will be immediately understood even if the hearer had not… read more[Human Cognitive Processing, 19] 2006. xvi, 206 pp.
2026 Chapter 11. All work and no play make the weekend frame go away? Metonymic micro-variation in online news articles Thinking and Speaking About Time: A cognitive linguistic approach, Brdar-Szabó, Rita and Mario Brdar (eds.), pp. 308–324 | Chapter
Research indicates that the capital for government metonymy appears more frequently in news articles published at weekends as compared to weekdays. This is attributed to the time is space conceptual metaphor: journalists approach the events they report on more holistically towards the end of the… read more
2022 Migrants are not welcome: Metaphorical framing of fled people in Hungarian online media, 2015–2018 Journal of Language and Politics 21:3, pp. 413–434 | Article
Figurative framing, in the form of metaphorical expressions, is especially effective in carrying conceptual content on an issue and affecting public opinion. One topic that has been heavily debated in contemporary Hungarian media is migration. Framing starts with the label that journalists… read more
2022 Onomatopoeia and metonymy Living Metaphors and Metonymies, Brdar, Mario and Rita Brdar-Szabó (eds.), pp. 195–209 | Article
When it comes to onomatopoeia, it is often claimed that such words are the epitome of sound symbolism, as the link between form and meaning is felt to be “natural”. Yet, this is quite far from the case: onomatopoeic words do need to conform to the phonological and morphological restrictions of a… read more
2022 From verbality to visuality: An introduction Visual Metaphors, Benczes, Réka and Veronika Szelid (eds.), pp. 1–12 | Chapter
2021 Review of Kövecses (2020): Extended Conceptual Metaphor Theory Review of Cognitive Linguistics 19:1, pp. 266–271 | Review
2020 From verbality to visuality: Introduction to the special issue Visual Metaphors, Benczes, Réka and Veronika Szelid (eds.), pp. 1–12 | Introduction
2019 Michele Prandi. (2017) Conceptual conflicts in metaphors and figurative language Cognitive Linguistic Studies 6:2, pp. 370–375 | Review
2019 Rethinking the category of “basic color term”: Evidence from Hungarian lexicalization patterns Lexicalization patterns in color naming: A cross-linguistic perspective, Raffaelli, Ida, Daniela Katunar and Barbara Kerovec (eds.), pp. 23–44 | Chapter
One of the peculiarities of Hungarian is that two of its “basic color terms” (BCTs), as defined by Berlin and Kay (1969), do not conform to the established criteria used to identify such lexical items. By analyzing etymological data and the lexicalization patterns of [N/Adj + color term]… read more
2015 “Cognitive Linguistics is fun”: An interview with Günter Radden Expressing and Describing Surprise, Celle, Agnès and Laure Lansari (eds.), pp. 479–506 | Article
2011 Introduction Defining Metonymy in Cognitive Linguistics: Towards a consensus view, Benczes, Réka, Antonio Barcelona and Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez (eds.), pp. 1–6 | Miscellaneous
2011 Putting the notion of “domain” back into metonymy: Evidence from compounds Defining Metonymy in Cognitive Linguistics: Towards a consensus view, Benczes, Réka, Antonio Barcelona and Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez (eds.), pp. 197–216 | Article
This chapter explores the role that domains play in conceptual metonymy by examining the semantics of metonymical (and metaphorical) noun–noun compounds. It argues that the concept of “domain” is a necessary feature of any definition of metonymy (irrespective of the fact whether “domain” is… read more
2011 Word-formation patterns in a cross-linguistic perspective: Testing predictions for novel object naming in Hungarian and German Converging Evidence: Methodological and theoretical issues for linguistic research, Schönefeld, Doris (ed.), pp. 221–246 | Article
Previous research has shown that novel objects that are merged from two identifiable parts predominantly elicit noun – noun compounds in Germanic languages. However, it is unclear whether Hungarian allows shape/appearance modifiers in noun – noun compounds. Using a novel object naming task we… read more
2009 Meaning-making: The bigger picture: An interview with Zoltán Kövecses Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics: Volume 7, Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, Francisco José (ed.), pp. 291–300 | Article
2005 Creative noun–noun compounds Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics: Volume 3, Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, Francisco José (ed.), pp. 250–268 | Article
The paper makes the following novel claims: (1) the semantics of noun–noun compounds which is activated by metaphor and/or metonymy (often termed as “exocentric” compounds in linguistics and generally regarded as semantically opaque) can be accounted for within a cognitive linguistic framework, and… read more