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2.3. Force dynamic analysis

The agonist of the basic force dynamic relationship in this discourse fragment is cf nosotros los científicos (we the scientists). Their intrinsic tendency regarding doing the work of the engineers is rest/inaction. The antagonist is xr (~xc) = hr or the absence of a value for the ideal xc in reality space R. The intrinsic tendency of the antagonist is motion/action: exerting a force that opposes the intrinsic tendency of the agonist (rest/inaction). The antagonist is relatively stronger than the agonist and the resultant is motion/action indicated by the verb tense of lo hacemos nosotros (we do it ourselves) in frequency subspace F (See Figure 2).

Figure 2. Force dynamic analysis

There is a trans-spatial interaction between the absence of the ideal value for xr in R and the event occurring in subspace F. However since space R in its entirety expresses the absence of value for xr (both explicitly and metaphorically), we can affirm the existence of a force dynamic interaction between the antagonist - space R - and the agonist cf in F; the resultant being the event occupying subspace F.

Syntactic force dynamics come into play as the conjunctions como (since) and porque (because) mark the discourse expressing causal agency leading to the event in frequency subspace F: como eso no no no sucede (since that does not not not occur) and porque existe un hueco allí (because there is a gap there). There is tension between counterfactual space С that expresses an ideal and reality space R that describes its absence. Strong negatives mark the absence of the ideal in R as Spanish subjuntivo pretérito (past subjunctive) in С and present indicative in R further emphasize this contrast.

Lexical force dynamics are apparent in items like apoyo (support) and fuerte (strong). The basic meaning of apoyo (support) from the physical force domain is «anything that detains another entity, supports it or constitutes its base» [7. P. 122]. Here the force dynamic opposition is between the force of gravity and an opposing force that detains movement. The resultant is rest/inaction.

The meaning of support pertinent for this corpus is «help, collaboration, manifestation of solidarity or adhesion» [7]. This seems to be an example of a metaphorical mapping of the meaning of force dynamics from a physical domain to a different domain where mental and emotional attitudes are at the least partial components of meaning. According to Eve Sweetser [8. P. 18] it seems clear that more abstract domains of meaning tend to derive their vocabulary from more concrete domains (rather than vice versa) and, furthermore, there is a deep cognitive

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Текст и дискурс: традиционный и когнитивно-функциональный аспекты исследования= Рязань, 2002. - 236 с.