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 & ...

Ernest Hemingway’s (1899–1961) short story “Cat in the rain” (1925/1953) describes the weakening of emotional bond between an American couple living in Italy and the gradual emergence of romantic affection between the wife ...

Thomas Mann’s (1875–1955) epic novel The Magic Mountain (1924/1996) turns upside down the conventional axiology of the experiential categories of health and rationality, as well as of the romantic idea of a Bildungsreise ...