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Karen Sullivan's Research Page

For information on my 2007 dissertation, "Grammar in Metaphor", please click here.

Publications

  • "The Languages of Art: How Representational and Abstract Painters Conceptualize Their Work in Terms of Language" (2009). In Poetics Today 30(3), Durham, NC: Duke University Press: 517-560.
  • (Co-authored with Eve Sweetser) "Is 'Generic is Specific' a Metaphor?" (2009). In Meaning, Form and Body, Fey Parrill, Vera Tobin, and Mark Turner (eds.), Stanford, CA: CSLI Publications: 309-327.
  • "Grammatical Constructions in Metaphoric Language" (2009). In Studies in Cognitive Corpus Linguistics, Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk and Katarzyna Dziwirek (eds.), Frankfurt/Main: Peter Lang Publishers.
  • "Genre-dependent metonymy in Norse skaldic poetry" (2008). Language and Literature 17(1), Belfast, UK: SAGE Publications: 21-36.
  • "Metaphoric extension and invited inference in semantic change" (2007). In Cultura, Lenguaje y Representacion / Culture, Language and Representation, Ignasi Navarro i Ferrando et al (eds.), Castello, Spain: Universitat Jaume I Press: 257-274.
  • "Lexically Filled Items and Metaphor in Idioms" (2007). In In Collocations and Idioms,Nenonen, Marja, Sinikka Niemi and Jussi Niemi (eds.) Joensuu, Finland: Joensuu University Press: 330-341.
  • "Frame-Based Constraints on Lexical Choice in Metaphor" (2006). In Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society. Berkeley, CA: BLS.(pdf)
  • "How Does Art 'Speak' and What Does It 'Say': Conceptual Metaphor Theory as a Tool for Understanding the Artistic Process" (2006). In Thought Tools for a New Generation: Essays on Thought, Ideas, and the Power of Expression. Eugene, OR: Robert D. Clark Honors College: 81-89. (pdf)

    • Conference papers

    Some recently presented papers:

  • " 'Conversations' in Image and Text: Fictive Interaction in Artists' Statements and Accompanying Artworks" (August 2009). Frames and Constructions (Fillmore Fest). University of California, Berkeley.
  • "Processing metaphoric and non-metaphoric polysemous verbs". Poster. (January 2009) Linguistic Society of America (LSA). San Francisco, California (poster)
  • (With Eve Sweetser) "The Style and Patterns of Blending" (October 2008). Invited talk. Conceptual Structure, Discourse and Language (CSDL 9). Case Western University, Cleveland, Ohio (video available through Case TV)
  • (With Eve Sweetser) "The effects of input specificity on the metaphoricity of blends" (October 2008). Conceptual Structure, Discourse and Language (CSDL 9). Case Western University, Cleveland, Ohio (presentation)
  • "A Cognitive Grammar analysis of metaphoric xyz constructions" (August 2008). Language, Communication and Cognition (LCC). University of Brighton, England (presentation)
  • "Does this painting 'speak' to you? A corpus-based comparison of abstract and representational painters' metaphors for art" (July 2008). Language, Cognition and Mind (LCM3). University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark (presentation)
  • "Processing metaphoric and non-metaphoric polysemous verbs" (May 2008). Invited talk. Trilateral Linguistics Weekend (TREND). University of California, Santa Cruz, California (presentation)
  • "The linguistic structure of literary metaphor" (December 2007). Modern Language Association (MLA). Chicago, Illinois (presentation)
  • "Gardeners and thieves: Metaphors for good and evil mastery in The Lord of the Rings" (August 2007). The 38th Annual Mythopoeic Conference (Mythcon XXXVIII), Clark Kerr Conference Center, Berkeley, California (presentation)
  • "A corpus-based analysis of grammatical constructions in metaphoric language" (July 2007). 10th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference (ICLC). University of Krakow, Poland (presentation)
  • "Constituency in if and when conditional constructions" (September 2006). The Fourth International Conference on Construction Grammar (ICCG4). University of Tokyo, Japan (handout)
  • "Lexically filled items and metaphor in idioms" (May 2006). Idioms and Collocations I: The First Nordic Conference on Syntactic Freezes. University of Joensuu, Finland (handout)
  • "MEMBER FOR MEMBER category metonymy in Norse skaldic kennings" (April 2006). Berkeley Germanic Linguistics Roundtable. University of California at Berkeley (handout)
  • "Frame-based constraints on lexical choice in metaphor" (February 2006). 32nd Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society. University of California at Berkeley (handout)
  • "Metaphoric extension and invited inference in semantic change" (February 2006). Metaphor and Discourse: Where Cognition and Communication Meet. Universitat Jaume I, Castello, Spain (handout)

    • Teaching

  • Co-teacher, Metaphor and Metonymy (with Prof. Joseph Hilferty, Spring 2009). Universitat de Barcelona.
  • Co-teacher, Methods in Metaphor Research workshop (with Prof. Antonio Barcelona, Spring 2009). Universidad de Murcia.
  • Guest lecture, Matephor (Prof. George Lakoff, Fall 2007): "Grammar in metaphor".
  • Guest lecture, Grammar from a Neural Perspective (Prof. George Lakoff, Fall 2007): "Frames and domains".
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, Mind and Language (Prof. George Lakoff, Spring 2007)
  • Guest lecture, Semantics (Prof. George Lakoff, Fall 2006): "If and when conditional constructions".
  • Guest lecture, Metaphor (Prof. George Lakoff, Spring 2006): "Grammar in metaphor".
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, Mind and Language (Prof. George Lakoff, Spring 2005) Guest lecture: "Types of prototypes".
  • Guest lecture, Advanced Cognitive Linguistics (Prof. George Lakoff, Spring 2005): "The evocation of metaphor in grammatical constructions".
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Linguistics (Prof. Sam Mchombo, Fall 2004) Guest lecture: "Sound change".
  • Graduate Research Assistant (Spring 2004). Copyedited: Dancygier, Barbara and Eve Sweetser (2005). Mental Spaces in Grammar: Conditional Constructions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Grader, Mind and Language (Prof. Eve Sweetser, Fall 2003)
  • Grader, Mind and Language (Prof. Zoltan Kovecses, Summer 2003)

    • CV

    Here is my Curriculum Vitae.

    Contact Information

    You can reach me by e-mail:
    ksull8_at_gmail.com

    Or by traditional mail:
    Karen Sullivan
    Berkeley Department of Linguistics
    1203 Dwinelle Hall
    Berkeley, CA 94720