Krystian P Aparta | Jagiellonian University

Krystian P Aparta

Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Philology, Alumnus

Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Philology, Alumnus |

Cognitive Linguistics

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Sens wiersza „Jabberwocky” i jego polskich tłumaczeń

Analiza kilku wydanych tłumaczeń wiersza Lewisa Carrolla „Jabberwocky” w odniesieniu do oryginału... more

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Shaka, when the walls fell? What cognitive semantics can tell us about the metaphorical language in "Darmok."

In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Darmok," a humanoid alien race provides a challeng... more In the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Darmok," a humanoid alien race provides a challenge to the Universal Translator - they only communicate in metaphors. A cognitive semantic approach is used to discuss the question of whether that language is as strange as it seems, comparing the metaphoricity of Darmok with eponimization and lexicalization. The real oddity of the language is proposed to lie in an innate Theory of Mind impairment in the alien race.

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Why is the Universal Translator not possible?

Even if the Star Trek's Universal Translator technology was possible in exactly the same way as p... more Even if the Star Trek's Universal Translator technology was possible in exactly the same way as portrayed in the series, the tool would not be possible due to many linguistic hurdles that even human translators are stumped by. Examples of research into automated translation and language differences are shown as evidence.

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Cognitive Linguistics and Translation – "Love Songs in Age" by Philip Larkin and "Piosenki miłosne po latach" by Stanisław Barańczak

Philip Larkin's poem "Love Song in Age" is analyzed against its Polish translation by Stanisław B... more Philip Larkin's poem "Love Song in Age" is analyzed against its Polish translation by Stanisław Barańczak using conceptual metaphor theory. The use of conventional and novel metaphors is compared. Some iconic effects along with their influence on the metaphorical mappings in the original poem and the translation are also compared and contrasted. The differences in the conceptual metaphorical structure of the construals potentially evoked by the original poem and its translation are discussed as possible sources of diminished equivalence between the texts.

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Conventional Models of Time and their Extensions in Science Fiction

This thesis overviews conventional conceptual models of TIME, as described by cognitive linguist... more This thesis overviews conventional conceptual models of TIME, as described by cognitive linguistics, as well as the novel extensions of conventional models of TIME found in science fiction. The first chapter presents an overview of conceptual metaphor theory and a discussion of conventional metaphorical models of TIME, such as the MOVING TIME and MOVING OBSERVER metaphors. Chapter two provides an outline of conceptual blending theory, and presents a conceptual blending account of the structure of conventional models of TIME. The third chapter contains a discussion of the role of episodic memory, mental time travel, and conventional models of LOCATION and CHANGE OF LOCATION in the conceptualization of the MOVEMENT IN TIME, the analysis of novel scenarios of MOVEMENT IN TIME in science fiction, in relation to the model of NATURAL LOCATIONS of the SELF that the particular scenario activates, the discussion of the possible clashes between the frames of MOVEMENT IN TIME and MOVEMENT IN SPACE in time-travel science fiction, and a survey of several extensions of conventional models of CAUSATION, as related to the novel extensions of conventional models of TIME in science fiction. The analyses employ theoretical models provided by cognitive linguistics, notably conceptual blending theory and conceptual metaphor theory. The source texts discussed in the third chapter include science fiction stories by Terry Carr, L. Sprague de Camp, Henry Kuttner and James Tiptree Jr., as well as the novel The Time Machine by H.G. Wells.

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Sens wiersza „Jabberwocky” i jego polskich tłumaczeń

Analiza kilku wydanych tłumaczeń wiersza Lewisa Carrolla „Jabberwocky” w odniesieniu do oryginału... more

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Shaka, when the walls fell? What cognitive semantics can tell us about the metaphorical language in "Darmok."

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Why is the Universal Translator not possible?

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Cognitive Linguistics and Translation – "Love Songs in Age" by Philip Larkin and "Piosenki miłosne po latach" by Stanisław Barańczak

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Conventional Models of Time and their Extensions in Science Fiction

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