A metaphor is an expression of words with a more clarified meaning and speaks more than just the comparison between tow objects or situations. It is used by multiple people and it is used in the way it is learned and the language they use to express the metaphor.
This assignment is being researched to describe the emotional metaphor usage in the English language used by the Australians and the Chinese. The research will be carried out by inviting few participants and asking them to behave normally and then use ethnocentric observation to study the reactions and the use of emotional metaphors they use in their conversation. It is important to study the differences in the use of metaphors used by Australian and Chinese people in their use of …show more content…
For example, anger being used described as heat is very common in English language used by Australians but has less significance and usage in the Chinese version of English (King, 1989; Yu, 1995). That said, it is also observed that the use of anger is being understood and being based on pressure, and not on pressure and heat together. This indicates the use of the different metaphors in describing anger in Chinese and Australian English language. This indicates that the Chinese English speakers have relied more on their physiology’s various aspects in the metaphorical identification and description of anger compared with the English language speakers in Australia. The authors have described a lot of differences in the metaphor usage between English speaking Chinese and Australian people, but there is also a cultural angle to the understanding of the use of the language they …show more content…
Emotions trigger an intentional or non-intentional behaviour and bodily movements which includes changes and movements in body, gestures, movement of limbs and speech which is dependent on the language one has learned. Thus, Australians are faster in making the emotions expressed through the use of metaphors which in turn depend on the pace and the diction used by the Australians in speaking English language. The same is for the Chinese who tend to be slower in expressing their emotions by eh use of metaphors in English language. However, less authors and less study have been conducted in areas where the Australians are being observed in their use of Chinese language and the use of Chinese language by the Chinese. This particular research will however change entire scenario of emotional display by the use of metaphors used by these two ethnic groups. Metaphors were considered earlier to be ornamental language but it has been exploited to a great extent by the poets and linguistic scholars (Wilks, 1989; Ortony & Fainsilber, 1989). In theory, it is seen that metaphors can go unexplained and understood when only the literal meaning of the
This assignment is being researched to describe the emotional metaphor usage in the English language used by the Australians and the Chinese. The research will be carried out by inviting few participants and asking them to behave normally and then use ethnocentric observation to study the reactions and the use of emotional metaphors they use in their conversation. It is important to study the differences in the use of metaphors used by Australian and Chinese people in their use of …show more content…
For example, anger being used described as heat is very common in English language used by Australians but has less significance and usage in the Chinese version of English (King, 1989; Yu, 1995). That said, it is also observed that the use of anger is being understood and being based on pressure, and not on pressure and heat together. This indicates the use of the different metaphors in describing anger in Chinese and Australian English language. This indicates that the Chinese English speakers have relied more on their physiology’s various aspects in the metaphorical identification and description of anger compared with the English language speakers in Australia. The authors have described a lot of differences in the metaphor usage between English speaking Chinese and Australian people, but there is also a cultural angle to the understanding of the use of the language they …show more content…
Emotions trigger an intentional or non-intentional behaviour and bodily movements which includes changes and movements in body, gestures, movement of limbs and speech which is dependent on the language one has learned. Thus, Australians are faster in making the emotions expressed through the use of metaphors which in turn depend on the pace and the diction used by the Australians in speaking English language. The same is for the Chinese who tend to be slower in expressing their emotions by eh use of metaphors in English language. However, less authors and less study have been conducted in areas where the Australians are being observed in their use of Chinese language and the use of Chinese language by the Chinese. This particular research will however change entire scenario of emotional display by the use of metaphors used by these two ethnic groups. Metaphors were considered earlier to be ornamental language but it has been exploited to a great extent by the poets and linguistic scholars (Wilks, 1989; Ortony & Fainsilber, 1989). In theory, it is seen that metaphors can go unexplained and understood when only the literal meaning of the