<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The framework of cognitive linguistics can be an efficient tool to represent the conceptual scope of meaning extension in reduced lexicons of pidgins and creoles. Image-schema based metaphors (Lakoff, 1993; Cienki, 1998) underlie the usage of English <italic>straight</italic> and its Tok Pisin counterpart <italic>stret</italic>, but the creole employs the concept in more contexts than English. The resultant variation in the scope of metaphor takes the form of a particular source domain being used to conceptualize more target domains than in the lexifier language. Functioning mainly as a compensation strategy, the variation is the effect of strong influence of English on the conceptual system of the creole.</p></abstract>

The framework of cognitive linguistics can be an efficient tool to represent the conceptual scope of meaning extension in reduced lexicons of pidgins and creoles. Image-schema based metaphors (Lakoff, 1993; Cienki, 1998) underlie the usage of English straight and its Tok Pisin counterpart stret, but the creole employs the concept in more contexts than English. The resultant variation in the scope of metaphor takes the form of a particular source domain being used to conceptualize more target domains than in the lexifier language. Functioning mainly as a compensation strategy, the variation is the effect of strong influence of English on the conceptual system of the creole.

English <italic>Straight</italic> and Tok Pisin <italic>Stret</italic>: A Case Study from the Perspective of Cognitive Linguistics

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric

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English  and Tok Pisin : A Case Study from the Perspective of Cognitive Linguistics

The framework of cognitive linguistics can be an efficient tool to represent the conceptual scope of meaning extension in reduced lexicons of pidgins and...

English Straight and Tok Pisin Stret: A Case Study from the Perspective of Cognitive Linguistics

Published Online: Mar 20, 2020

Page range: 89 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2020-0005

Keywords
adjunct, creole, English, image schema, metaphor, pidgin, Tok Pisin

© 2020 Krzysztof Kosecki, published by Sciendo

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English Straight and Tok Pisin Stret: A Case Study from the Perspective of Cognitive Linguistics

Published Online: Mar 20, 2020

Page range: 89 - 112

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2020-0005

Keywordsadjunct, creole, English, image schema, metaphor, pidgin, Tok Pisin

© 2020 Krzysztof Kosecki, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
adjunct, creole, English, image schema, metaphor, pidgin, Tok Pisin