University of Osijek

List of John Benjamins publications that have an author or editor affiliated with University of Osijek*

Thinking and Speaking About Time: A cognitive linguistic approach

EditorRita Brdar-Szabó & Mario Brdar

Subjects Cognition and language | Cognitive linguistics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics

[Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 81] 2026. | edited volume

Living Metaphors and Metonymies: Special issue of Review of Cognitive Linguistics 20:1 (2022)

Edited by Mario Brdar & Rita Brdar-Szabó

Subjects Cognition and language | Cognitive linguistics

[Review of Cognitive Linguistics: Published under the auspices of the Spanish Cognitive Linguistics Association, 20:1] 2022. | special issue

Figurative Thought and Language in Action

Edited by Mario Brdar & Rita Brdar-Szabó

Subjects Cognition and language | Theoretical linguistics

[Figurative Thought and Language, 16] 2022. | edited volume

Metaphor and Metonymy in the Digital Age: Theory and methods for building repositories of figurative language

Edited by Marianna Bolognesi, Mario Brdar & Kristina Despot

Subjects Cognition and language | Cognitive linguistics | Computational & corpus linguistics | Language documentation | Theoretical linguistics

[Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Communication, 8] 2019. | edited volume

Cognitive Linguistics: Convergence and Expansion

Edited by Mario Brdar, Stefan Th. Gries & Milena Žic Fuchs

Subjects Cognition and language | Cognitive linguistics | Theoretical linguistics

[Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 32] 2011. vii, 362 pp. | edited volume

Brdar-Szabó, Rita, Mario Brdar, Yutian Qin, Hyunisa Rahmanadia & Imai Ren 2026 Approaching the end of the time metaphor game: Some constructions with the Moving-Ego metaphors from a cross-linguistic perspective

Keywords: metaphor | micro-construction | Moving-Ego | Moving-Time | time

In: Thinking and Speaking About Time: A cognitive linguistic approach, Brdar-Szabó, Rita & Mario Brdar (eds.) [Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 81] pp. 252–278

Brdar-Szabó, Rita & Mario Brdar 2026 Thinking and speaking about time: A cognitive linguistic approach

In: Thinking and Speaking About Time: A cognitive linguistic approach, Brdar-Szabó, Rita & Mario Brdar (eds.) [Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 81]

Brdar-Szabó, Rita & Mario Brdar 2026 Thinking and speaking about time: Introduction

In: Thinking and Speaking About Time: A cognitive linguistic approach, Brdar-Szabó, Rita & Mario Brdar (eds.) [Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 81] pp. 1–14

Brdar, Mario & Rita Brdar Szabó 2026 Metonymies we sign by: Metonymies as a multilevel phenomenon in sign languages

Keywords: metonymy | sign language | complex metonymy | lexical metonymy | grammatical metonymy | motivation

Cognitive Linguistic Studies 13:1 pp. 205–244 | article

Marinov Vranješ, Sanja & Višnja Pavičić Takač 2025 Multidimensional construct of lexical sophistication: The case of non-language majors in the context of English as a lingua franca study abroad

Keywords: lexical sophistication | written production | oral production | English as a lingua franca

Study Abroad Research in Second Language Acquisition and International Education 10:1 pp. 123–153 | article

Brdar, Mario, Rita Brdar-Szabó & Daler Zayniev 2024 Metonymic layers in proverbs: A cross-linguistic and cross-cultural view

Keywords: metonymy | generic-specific mapping | illocutionary metonymy | indirect speech act | usage-based model | truncated proverb | topic-comment

In: Proverbs within Cognitive Linguistics: State of the art, Belkhir, Sadia (ed.) [Cognitive Linguistic Studies in Cultural Contexts, 16] pp. 40–64

Brdar-Szabó, Rita & Mario Brdar 2023 Cultural models mediating between visual sensation and semiotic systems, exemplified on visual, alpha-pictorial and verbal-gestural communication

Keywords: cultural model | metonymy | metaphor | visual metonymy | multimodality

Cognitive Linguistic Studies 10:2 pp. 367–397 | article

Brdar-Szabó, Rita & Mario Brdar 2022 Metonymy in multimodal discourse, or: How metonymies get piggybacked across modalities by other metonymies and metaphors

Keywords: metonymy | multimodality | metaphor | visual modality | complex metonymy | metaphor-metonymy interaction | resonance

In: Figurativity and Human Ecology, Bagasheva, Alexandra, Bozhil Hristov & Nelly Tincheva (eds.) [Figurative Thought and Language, 17] pp. 209–249

Brdar, Mario, Rita Brdar-Szabó & Tanja Gradečak 2022  Rosie the Riveter of the COVID time: A case study on figurative intervisuality

Keywords: intervisuality | variation | metonymy | metaphor, stereotype | paragon | exemplification theory | attitudinal use of figures

Review of Cognitive Linguistics 20:1 pp. 258–289 | article

Brdar, Mario & Rita Brdar-Szabó 2022  Figurative Thought and Language in Action

In: Figurative Thought and Language in Action, Brdar, Mario & Rita Brdar-Szabó (eds.) [Figurative Thought and Language, 16]

Brdar, Mario & Rita Brdar-Szabó 2022 Figurative thought and language research in the 21st century: Back to the future

In: Figurative Thought and Language in Action, Brdar, Mario & Rita Brdar-Szabó (eds.) [Figurative Thought and Language, 16] pp. 1–16

Brdar, Mario & Rita Brdar-Szabó 2022 Living metaphors and metonymies

Review of Cognitive Linguistics 20:1 pp. 1–6 | introduction

Brdar, Mario & Rita Brdar-Szabó 2022 Targetting metonymic targets

Keywords: metonymic target | metonymic source | mapping | domain expansion | domain reduction | mental space

In: Figurative Thought and Language in Action, Brdar, Mario & Rita Brdar-Szabó (eds.) [Figurative Thought and Language, 16] pp. 59–86

Belaj, Branimir & Goran Tanacković Faletar 2022 Verbal and situational irony: On the conceptual mechanisms underlying two patterns of irony

Keywords: verbal irony | situational irony | Blending Theory | frame semantics

In: Figurative Thought and Language in Action, Brdar, Mario & Rita Brdar-Szabó (eds.) [Figurative Thought and Language, 16] pp. 185–212

Vančura, Alma & Draženka Molnar 2021 Teaching English pronunciation in Croatian elementary schools: Views and practices

Keywords: teaching | learners | ELF | elementary school | pronunciation activities | teaching methods | attitudes | Croatia

In: English Pronunciation Instruction: Research-based insights, Kirkova-Naskova, Anastazija, Alice Henderson & Jonás Fouz-González (eds.) [AILA Applied Linguistics Series, 19] pp. 63–90

Brdar-Szabó, Rita & Mario Brdar 2021 Metonymic indeterminacy and metalepsis: Getting two (or more) targets for the price of one vehicle

Keywords: metonymy | metalepsis | indeterminacy | complex metonymy | metonymic chain | metonymic target | metonymic source | mental space

In: Figurative Language - Intersubjectivity and Usage, Soares da Silva, Augusto (ed.) [Figurative Thought and Language, 11] pp. 175–212

Brdar, Mario, Rita Brdar-Szabó & Benedikt Perak 2020 Separating (non-)figurative weeds from wheat

Keywords: figurative expression | literal expression | metaphor recognition | metonymy

In: Figurative Meaning Construction in Thought and Language, Baicchi, Annalisa (ed.) [Figurative Thought and Language, 9] pp. 45–70

Tonković, Mirjana, Mario Brdar & Kristina Š. Despot 2020 Is a difficult task literally heavy?: Weight biases difficulty judgements

Keywords: heavy and difficult | metaphor | embodied cognition | primary metaphor | asymmetry | bidirectionality

Metaphor and the Social World 10:1 pp. 100–120 | article

Despot, Kristina, Mirjana Tonković, Mario Essert, Mario Brdar, Benedikt Perak, Ana Ostroški Anić, Bruno Nahod & Ivan Pandžić 2019 MetaNet.HR: Croatian metaphor repository

Keywords: MetaNet.HR | cognitive primitives | image schemas | semantic frames | primary metaphors | complex metaphors | metaphor families

In: Metaphor and Metonymy in the Digital Age: Theory and methods for building repositories of figurative language, Bolognesi, Marianna, Mario Brdar & Kristina Despot (eds.) [Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Communication, 8] pp. 123–146

Brdar, Mario, Rita Brdar-Szabó & Benedikt Perak 2019 Metaphor repositories and cross-linguistic comparison: Ontological eggs and chickens

Keywords: repository | ontological model | cross-linguistic comparison | time metaphors | entrenchment | construction | ontological violation | metaphor identification

In: Metaphor and Metonymy in the Digital Age: Theory and methods for building repositories of figurative language, Bolognesi, Marianna, Mario Brdar & Kristina Despot (eds.) [Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Communication, 8] pp. 225–252

Bolognesi, Marianna, Mario Brdar & Kristina Despot 2019 Metaphor and Metonymy in the Digital Age: Theory and methods for building repositories of figurative language

In: Metaphor and Metonymy in the Digital Age: Theory and methods for building repositories of figurative language, Bolognesi, Marianna, Mario Brdar & Kristina Despot (eds.) [Metaphor in Language, Cognition, and Communication, 8]

Brdar, Mario & Rita Brdar-Szabó 2017 On constructional blocking of metonymies: A cross-linguistic view

Keywords: metonymy | construction | Equipollence Hypothesis | blocking | synonymy | grammar | possessive construction | causative construction

Review of Cognitive Linguistics 15:1 pp. 183–223 | article

Belaj, Branimir & Gabrijela Buljan 2017 The polysemy of the Croatian verbal prefix od-

Keywords: (super)schematic meaning | ablativity | verbal prefix od- | prototype | landmark | trajector | conceptual networks | meaning chains

Review of Cognitive Linguistics 14:2 pp. 337–384 | article

Brdar, Mario, Stefan Th. Gries & Milena Žic Fuchs 2011 Introduction: Convergence and expansion in cognitive linguistics

In: Cognitive Linguistics: Convergence and Expansion, Brdar, Mario, Stefan Th. Gries & Milena Žic Fuchs (eds.) [Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 32] pp. 1–6

Gradečak-Erdeljić, Tanja & Goran Milić 2011 Metonymy at the crossroads: A case of euphemisms and dysphemisms

Keywords: dysphemism | euphemism | functional domain | metonymic inferencing | pragmatic function

In: Defining Metonymy in Cognitive Linguistics: Towards a consensus view, Benczes, Réka, Antonio Barcelona & Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez (eds.) [Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 28] pp. 147–166

Brdar, Mario & Rita Brdar-Szabó 2011 Metonymy, metaphor and the “weekend frame of mind”: Towards motivating the micro-variation in the use of one type of metonymy

In: Motivation in Grammar and the Lexicon, Panther, Klaus-Uwe & Günter Radden (eds.) [Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 27] pp. 233–250

Belaj, Branimir 2011 Schematic meaning of the Croatian verbal prefix iz-: Meaning chains and syntactic implications

In: Cognitive Linguistics: Convergence and Expansion, Brdar, Mario, Stefan Th. Gries & Milena Žic Fuchs (eds.) [Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 32] pp. 115–150

Brdar-Szabó, Rita & Mario Brdar 2011 What do metonymic chains reveal about the nature of metonymy?

Keywords: discourse | domain elaboration | inference | mapping | metonymic chain

In: Defining Metonymy in Cognitive Linguistics: Towards a consensus view, Benczes, Réka, Antonio Barcelona & Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez (eds.) [Human Cognitive Processing: Cognitive Foundations of Language Structure and Use, 28] pp. 217–248

Omazić, Marija 2008 4. Processing of idioms and idiom modifications: A view from cognitive linguistics

In: Phraseology: An interdisciplinary perspective, Granger, Sylviane & Fanny Meunier (eds.)  pp. 67–79

*Please note that this list may be inaccurate for older publications.