Orientational Metaphor in Central Kurdish
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26750/Vol(11).No(3).Paper38Keywords:
Figurative Language, Classical theory of Metaphor, Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Orientational Metaphor, Spatial Orientation.Abstract
This study is entitled "Orientational Metaphor in Central Kurdish". It attempts to explicate how non-spatial concepts are metaphorised in terms of various aspects of space in Central Kurdish. The main aim of the study is to interpret spatial metaphorical expressions that express the cognitive processes of meaning-making. The study adopts the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT)within the framework of cognitive semantics. It deals with orientational metaphor as a specific type of conceptual metaphor. In cognitive semantics, language is a mirror of thought; linguistic expressions are manifestations of conceptual mappings structured in the mind. The data of the study is taken from ordinary everyday Kurdish. The data analysis illuminates the spatialization of a wide variety of abstract concepts through metaphorical uses of space. The study is in line with the cognitive linguists in that linguistic expressions that represent concepts are not semantically independent, as the Anglo-American philosophical tradition claimed, but are structured with respect to one another. Spatial concepts are first structured in thought in the form of a formula based on physical and socio-cultural experiences, and then expressed via linguistic metaphors; accordingly, metaphor is a cognitive phenomenon, it is in thought, not in language. It is patterns of thought that are echoed in patterns of language.
References
- Abdulla, I. (2019). A Cognitive Semantic Study of Metaphysical Poetry (Unpublished PhD Thesis), Salahaddin University, Hawler.
- Croft, W. & Cruse, A. (2004). Cognitive linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Dancygier, B. and Sweetser, E. (2014). Figurative language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Evans, V. and Green, M. (2006). Cognitive Linguistics. Edinburg: Edinburg University Press.
Evans, V. (2007). A glossary of cognitive linguistics. Edinburg: Edinburg University Press.
- Gibbs, R. (1996). Why many concepts are metaphorical. Cognition, 61, 309-319.
- Knowles, M. & Moon, R. (2006). Introducing Metaphor. London/New York, NY: Routledge Taylor and Francis Group.
- Kovecses, Z, (2005). Metaphor in Culture: Universality and variation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Kovecses, Z, (2010). Metaphor, A Practical Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Lakoff, G. and Johnson, M. (1980). Metaphors We Live By. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press.
- Lakoff, G. and Turner, M. (1989). More than Cool Reason, A Field Guide to Poetic Metaphor. Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press.
- Lakoff, G. (2006). The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor. In Geeraerts, D. Cognitive Linguistics: Basic Readings. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
- Mukhtar, A. (2016). Diwani Ahmad Mukhtar. Hazhar Mukriani Library
- Ungerer, F. and Schmid, H-J (1997). An Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics. London: Longman.
- Ziwar, B. (2008). Diwani Bakhtiar Ziwar. Hawler: Aras Publishing House.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2024 Journal of University of Raparin
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
