INSTANTIAL CONCCURENT USE
Keywords:
Concurrent use, stylistic techniques, phraseological saturation, comprehensive instantial use.Abstract
Cognitive linguistics has established that figures of thought do not exist in isolation from one another; they are functionally related to each other to provide figurative coherence to the text (Gibbs [1994] 1999: 449–454). In phraseology, stylistic use of Pus presents innumerable instances which contain simultaneous application of several instantial patterns in realisation of one PU, creating a focal point and reinforcing the message. I propose the term concurrent use to denote simultaneous occurrence of several instantial changes within the framework of one PU.
References
For concurrent use of stylistic techniques in phraseological instantiations, see Naciscione (1976: 160–172).
Instantial phraseological saturation was first identified by Naciscione (1976: 173–179).
For the fable together with Thurber’s illustration, see Appendix VI.
For the use of Pus in codas, see Ch. 5.5.2.
For a study of titles, see Carter and Nash ([1990] 1995: 78–86). The function of headlining is complex: headlines have to contain a clear, succinct and if possible intriguing message, to kindle aspark of interest in the potential reader (Crystal and Davy [1969] 1995: 174). For cohesive ties of headlines with the text involving FEIs, see Moon (1998: 290–293). For examples of proverbs in titles of songs and dramas (both core use and instantial use), see Bryan (2001, 2002).
