COGNITIVE LINGUISTICS, OR WHY IS TIME METAPHORICAL? (BASED ON EVERYDAY SPEECH AND SOCIAL NETWORKS)
Rubrics: INTERDISCIPLINARY LINGUISTICS
Authors:
1.
Graduate School of Translation
Pisa, Italy
Pisa, Italy
Type:
Article
Pages:
from 55
to 58
Status:
Published
Received:
06.06.2022
Accepted:
06.06.2022
Published:
28.06.2022
Subject area:
VAC 5.12.3 Междисциплинарные исследования языка
Language:
Russian
Keywords:
cognitive linguistics, perception, metaphor, cognition, conceptualization, time, everyday speech, social networks, grammaticalization
Abstract (English):
The present study featured some issues of cognitive linguistics. George Lakoff, Mark Johnson, Joan Bybee, and Carla Bazzanella argue that our everyday speech reflects how we perceive the world. Metaphor is a specific cognition device that establishes semantic connections between events and objects by association. Our everyday speech is full of metaphorical concepts we are not normally aware of. In particular, spatial orientations are metaphorically expressed in terms of human body. If a concept occurs frequently, it becomes automatic and emancipates from a particular context to a semantic code, and we no longer realize it as a metaphorical one. As a rule, objects of metaphorization are abstract concepts, i.e., concepts whose perception and interpretation are impossible without metaphorization. For instance, time is a concept that needs a metaphorical extension. Speakers perceive time metaphorically, and the language is an important source of evidence. The verbs of motion and desire provide the basis for this metaphorical extension. The practical basis for the study is represented by the linguistic material of the grammaticalization of the time concept in everyday speech in English, Italian, and French.
The present study featured some issues of cognitive linguistics. George Lakoff, Mark Johnson, Joan Bybee, and Carla Bazzanella argue that our everyday speech reflects how we perceive the world. Metaphor is a specific cognition device that establishes semantic connections between events and objects by association. Our everyday speech is full of metaphorical concepts we are not normally aware of. In particular, spatial orientations are metaphorically expressed in terms of human body. If a concept occurs frequently, it becomes automatic and emancipates from a particular context to a semantic code, and we no longer realize it as a metaphorical one. As a rule, objects of metaphorization are abstract concepts, i.e., concepts whose perception and interpretation are impossible without metaphorization. For instance, time is a concept that needs a metaphorical extension. Speakers perceive time metaphorically, and the language is an important source of evidence. The verbs of motion and desire provide the basis for this metaphorical extension. The practical basis for the study is represented by the linguistic material of the grammaticalization of the time concept in everyday speech in English, Italian, and French.
Keywords:
cognitive linguistics, perception, metaphor, cognition, conceptualization, time, everyday speech, social networks, grammaticalization
cognitive linguistics, perception, metaphor, cognition, conceptualization, time, everyday speech, social networks, grammaticalization
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