?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Aspects+of+Cognitive+Poetics&rft.creator=Tsur%2C+Reuven&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Speech&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.subject=Phonology&rft.description=This+paper+is+a+short+introduction+to+Cognitive+Poetics.+Cognitive+poetics+as+I+conceive+of+it+is+a+far+cry+from+what+goes+nowadays+under+the+label+%22cognitive+linguistics%22.+Cognitive+linguistics+does+not+ask+the+questions+this+paper+asks%3B+consequently+it+does+not+answer+them.+In+an+important+respect%2C+the+two+approaches+are+even+diametrically+opposed.+Cognitive+linguistics+shows+very+succesfully+how+a+wide+range+of+quite+different+metaphors+can+be+reduced+to+the+same+underlying+conceptual+metaphor%2C+whereas+cognitive+poetics+makes+significant+distinctions+between+very+similar+metaphors%2C+claiming+that+these+differences+make+poetic+expression+unique.+It+accounts+for+the+perceived+effects+of+poetic+texts%2C+and+relates+perceived+effects+to+poetic+texts+in+a+prin+cipled+manner.+What+is+more%2C+cognitive+poetics+has+a+lot+to+say+about+thematic%2C+semantic%2C+and+syntactic+structures%2C+the+reader's+cognitive+style+preferring+one+or+another+%22mental+performance%22%2C+rhyme+patterns%2C+and+their+interaction+in+generating+the+perce+i+ved+effects.+New+Criticism%2C+Structuralism+and+Formalism+treated+these+effects%2C+sometimes+quite+brilliantly%2C+in+a+pre-theoretical+manner.+Cognitive+poetics+is+devised+to+handle+them+in+a+principled+manner.+Finally%2C+cognitive+poetics+conceives+of+the+sema+ntic+and+the+rhythmic+structure+of+a+poem+by+a+homogeneous+set+of+principles.+In+both+respects+it+allows+for+alternative+(mental+or+vocal)+performances%2C+and+handles+the+conflicting+terms+of+a+metaphor+as+well+as+the+conflicting+patterns+of+poetic+rhythm+i+n+conformity+with+the+aesthetic+principle+of+an+%22elegant+solution+to+a+problem%22%3A+the+conflicting+terms+of+a+metaphor+are+accommodated+in+a+semantic+interpretation%3B+the+conflicting+patterns+of+poetic+rhythm+in+a+rhythmical+performance.+Above+all%2C+both+semantic+and+rhythmic+structures+are+shaped+and+constrained+by+cognitive+processes.+Cognitive+Linguistics%2C+by+contrast%2C+offers+no+tools+for+handling+poetic+rhythm%3B+and+objects+to+the+Controversion+Theory+of+metaphor.++%3F+&rft.publisher=John+Benjamins+Publishing+Company%3A+Amsterdam%2FPhiladelphia..&rft.contributor=Semino%2C+Elena&rft.contributor=Calpeper%2C+Jonathan&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3239%2F1%2FAspects_of_Cognitive_Poeti.html&rft.identifier=++Tsur%2C+Reuven++(2003)+Aspects+of+Cognitive+Poetics.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3239%2F