Conceptual metaphor

sum of elementary sensorial input from the body or the environment, such as vision, hearing, taste, equilibrium, hunger, anger, fear or warmth. Even though this approach seems unlikely for certain abstract concepts, they can be understood as conceptual metaphors, in terms of more clearly defined notions, as…

metaphorically how it physically pained him; creating a physical image of the trajectory of love arrow/bullet piercing him through the heart and lungs. For, me this imagery also allowed for the conceptual imagery of his emotions. This citation demonstrates how the author’s use of literary devices creates a more conceptual as well as physical understanding of the characters. They permit the reader to see the characters as a whole human…

first you have to understand the culture, because culture creates language. Two texts that I am going to use to argue how language and culture are connected to one another are ‘Metaphors we live by’ by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. And “Spectacle” by Newkirk. “Metaphors we live by” by Mark Johnson talks about metaphors…

” the validity of CMT’s claims about the existence of conceptual metaphors depends almost exclusively on the patterns detectable in verbal metaphors. An early study of metaphors in pictures is Kennedy (1982). Kennedy takes “metaphor” in the all-encompassing sense of what literary scholars call a “trope” or a “figure of speech” and identifies some 25 types, including “metonymy,” “hendiadys,” and “litotes.” Kennedy‘s early discussion of metaphor is restricted at some extent, so in later work,…

questions whether we have a methodological approach to understand dead celebrity, particularly its religious dimensions. One of the more apt comments on the use of the religion analogy stems from Frow, “The religious relation exists midway between a dead metaphor and a theory which has yet to find itself” (1998, 200). Using relevant literature on Presley (Harrison 1992; Spiegel 1990; Vikan 1994; Rodman 1996) and Rudolf Otto’s notion of religious experience, Frow seeks to find the right approach…

form, which is the theory of Yin-Yang and Qian-Kun. The metaphor of Yin-Yang and Qian-Kun can be generally treated as the conceptual counterpart of the Western notion of femaleness and masculinity, however, their early forms were not intended to denote any human relations. “Yin-Yang” first appeared as a geographical concept, and with the development of society, was given the different meanings of softness and strength, extending to the metaphor of female and male later. The concept of…

another” (G.Jung, 1964). Dreams generate scenes, actions and incoherent story lines. They create Imagery which is contradictory to each other, ideas which has undertones, which Freud called “equivalent meanings”……and Jorge Lakoff explains as conceptual metaphor When I noticed the Genius of the place, Ordinarily very…

The New True Anthem The New True Anthem by Kevin Gilbert critiques Australian’s lack of patriotism. It alludes to the way the new occupants of Australia have defaced the physical and conceptual value of Australia’s natural beauty and history. Gilbert uses many techniques and ideas to convey his feelings about this matter, including Hyperbole, Imagery and enjambment. These skills and techniques riddle the poem as well as many others. The use of Hyperbole is one of the more prominent techniques…

Lakoff and Johnson (1980) categorize conceptual metaphors into 3 classifications: ontological metaphors, structural metaphors and orientational metaphors. 1. Orientational metaphors Orientational metaphors, also known as spatial metaphors, are a series of metaphorical concepts which are constructed with reference to spatial orientation, which comes from people’s emotional and physical experience. The concepts are related in the following ways: up or down, in or out, front or back, on or off,…

corporate organization are critical to the growth and maintenance of the company. Daniel May (2001) discussed that there is a set of patterns in an organization that are expressed by artifacts. Cultural artifacts can be expressed in physical and conceptual form. Physical artifacts, according to May are objects or logos…