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Event structure as a metonymic target and vehicle in the languages of the deaf
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020)
The paper addresses the issue of event structure in the languages of the deaf. Basing on cognitive linguistic view of metonymy as a pervasive and multi-dimensional conceptual mechanism (Blank, 1999; Lakoff, 1987; Radden & ...
The patient was admitted…, operated… and recovered quickly… – a narrative study of medical events in the abstract section of English case reports from otolaryngology
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020)
This article constitutes a study of the narrative included in the abstract section in case reports from a professional medical journal from otolaryngology. The rationale behind this analysis is that the abstract section ...
Ranking for cognitive salience of events and coding them into a sentence format
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020)
This article discusses the use of different syntactic options in the construal of events. The examples selected for presentation and analysis come from a study by Badio (2014). This work understood construal to be ...
Evaluation in EFL written stories
(Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, 2020)
The structure of oral narratives, as studied by Labov & Waletzky (1967) involves an abstract, orientation, complicating action, resolution, evaluation and coda. Narratives are presented on TV and radio news, newspapers as ...