Filozofia i doświadczenie
Philosophy and Experience

Author(s): Joanna Jurewicz
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: oriental studies; Ṛgveda; conceptual metonymy; conceptual metaphor; conceptual blending
Summary/Abstract: The paper shows how methodology of cognitive linguistics can be used in the analysis of the most ancient Sanskrit text, the Ṛgveda (ca 13 BCE). The Ṛgveda is famous for its metaphorical language difficult to understand. The assumption on the embodiment of human cognition together with the conceptual metaphor theory and blending theory applied to the Ṛgveda facilitates its understanding and reconstruction of its consistent overall worldview.

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