Based upon Lakoff and Johnson's theory of conventional metaphor,this paper takes some basketball jargons as a case for analysis from the cognitive perspective.The analysis verifies the indispensable role that meta...Based upon Lakoff and Johnson's theory of conventional metaphor,this paper takes some basketball jargons as a case for analysis from the cognitive perspective.The analysis verifies the indispensable role that metaphor as an important cogni tive instrument plays in people's interpreting and understanding the target domain by carrying over concepts from the source domain.展开更多
This study investigates how Kenyans conceptualize marriage.It employs Metaphor Identification Procedure in identifying metaphors on marriage as they are used by Kenyan Swahili speakers.Data for this research is drawn ...This study investigates how Kenyans conceptualize marriage.It employs Metaphor Identification Procedure in identifying metaphors on marriage as they are used by Kenyan Swahili speakers.Data for this research is drawn from“Mawaidha na Bi.Msafwari”a programme aired on Citizen TV(a Kenyan TV station)every Saturday evening after the seven o’clock news.The metaphors are then subjected to analysis using The Conceptual Metaphor Theory.The study concludes that marriage is construed in different ways by Kenyan Swahili speakers,it is conceptualized as a house,an eatery,a prison,a school,a journey,a road,a body,a government/kingdom,a garden,a war,a relationship and as a baby.The various conceptualizations by Kenyans determine their attitudes and general orientation towards marriage.展开更多
In classical theories of language,metaphor is viewed as a linguistic phenomenon.In the new theoretical framework of metaphor studies,in everyday conventional language conceptual metaphor has functions of structuring c...In classical theories of language,metaphor is viewed as a linguistic phenomenon.In the new theoretical framework of metaphor studies,in everyday conventional language conceptual metaphor has functions of structuring conceptual system,conceptualizing abstract concepts in terms of the comprehensible ones and providing a new understanding of our experience.展开更多
文摘Based upon Lakoff and Johnson's theory of conventional metaphor,this paper takes some basketball jargons as a case for analysis from the cognitive perspective.The analysis verifies the indispensable role that metaphor as an important cogni tive instrument plays in people's interpreting and understanding the target domain by carrying over concepts from the source domain.
文摘This study investigates how Kenyans conceptualize marriage.It employs Metaphor Identification Procedure in identifying metaphors on marriage as they are used by Kenyan Swahili speakers.Data for this research is drawn from“Mawaidha na Bi.Msafwari”a programme aired on Citizen TV(a Kenyan TV station)every Saturday evening after the seven o’clock news.The metaphors are then subjected to analysis using The Conceptual Metaphor Theory.The study concludes that marriage is construed in different ways by Kenyan Swahili speakers,it is conceptualized as a house,an eatery,a prison,a school,a journey,a road,a body,a government/kingdom,a garden,a war,a relationship and as a baby.The various conceptualizations by Kenyans determine their attitudes and general orientation towards marriage.
文摘In classical theories of language,metaphor is viewed as a linguistic phenomenon.In the new theoretical framework of metaphor studies,in everyday conventional language conceptual metaphor has functions of structuring conceptual system,conceptualizing abstract concepts in terms of the comprehensible ones and providing a new understanding of our experience.