?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Multimodal+Semiotics+of+Representing+God+and+the+Self%3A+%0D%0Aa+Cognitive+Linguistic+View+of+Metaphors+and+Gestures+%0D%0Ain+Religious+Discourse%0D%0A&rft.creator=Evola%2C+Vito&rft.subject=Metaphysics&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.subject=Behavioral+Analysis&rft.subject=Applied+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Perceptual+Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.description=I+will+explore+some+of+my+conclusions+concerning+conceptual+metaphors+collected+during+a+series+of+interviews%2C+in+particular+with+two+Christian+street+preachers.+The+data+includes+speech%2C+gesture%2C+and+commented+drawings+of+God%2C+themselves+and+paradise.%0D%0A%0D%0ASome+of+the+metaphors+analyzed+are%3A+metaphors+for+God+(FATHER%2C+SHEPHERD%2C+LOVER%2C+etc)%3B+GOOD%2FGOD+IS+UP%3B+BAD+IS+DOWN%3B+STRICT+FATHER+vs.+NURTURING+PARENT%3B+MORAL+ACCOUNTABILITY.+This+data+demonstrates+that+the+more+entrenched+a+frame+of+mind+is%2C+the+less+plastic+it+is%2C+because+the+primary+source+domain+of+our+habitual+conceptual+metaphor+will+always+motivate+any+other+%E2%80%9Claminated+domain+mappings%E2%80%9D%2C+or+blends%2C+especially+for+such+meaningful+concepts+like+personhood+or+belief+systems.+%0D%0A%0D%0AMy+investigation+will+try+to+shed+new+light+on+the+phenomenology+of+religious+experiences+and+personhood%2C+using+cognitive+linguistics+as+a+prime+tool+of+analysis.%0D%0A&rft.date=2008-08&rft.type=Conference+Poster&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.identifier=++Evola%2C+Vito++(2008)+Multimodal+Semiotics+of+Representing+God+and+the+Self%3A+a+Cognitive+Linguistic+View+of+Metaphors+and+Gestures+in+Religious+Discourse.++%5BConference+Poster%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6110%2F