Towards an embodied poetics of cinema: The metaphoric construction of abstract meaning in film

Central to Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) is the notion of embodied mind, which states that cognition is shaped by aspects of the body. Human beings make metaphoric use of recurring dynamic patterns of perceptual interactions and motor programmes (image schemas) for abstract conceptualisation and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Maarten Coëgnarts, Peter Kravanja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University College Cork 2012-12-01
Series:Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media
Subjects:
cmt
Online Access:http://www.alphavillejournal.com/Issue%204/HTML/ArticleCoegnarts&Kravanja.html