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- Publisher
- de Gruyter
- Copyright
- © 2013 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co.
- ISSN
- 2235-2066
- eISSN
- 2235-2066
- DOI
- 10.1515/cogsem.2008.3.fall2008.36
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Abstract
Jespe r Sorensen Magic among the Trobrianders: Conceptual mapping in magical rituals How are magical rituals conceptually structured and how do these struc- tures relate to both die general conceptual systems of a culture and to the Cognition of individual participants? This paper will approach these and related questions through an analysis based on the theory of concep- tual mappings and mental spaces developed by cognitive scientists Gilles Fauconnier and Mark Turner. Ritual structures are constructed through the process of conceptually blending separate cognitive domains; they are marked off from ordinary discourse as a specific cultural gerne; and links based on identity, analogy, metaphor and metonymy facilitate the projection of both ritual efficacy and inferential structure into the ritual Space. I will propose an open list of mappings in magical rituals consist- ing of xh&genetic, linguistic, and ^mpathetic hl&nds. Subsequendy, this cogni- tive approach will be applied to a classic area of research on magic, namely the Trobriand garden magic, as described by anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski. In the conclusion, results from this analysis will be related to long-standing problems and theoredcal posioons in the study of magic outlined in the introduction to the paper. CORRESPONDENCE: Jesper Serensen. Institute of
Journal
Cognitive Semiotics – de Gruyter
Published: Sep 1, 2008