Naslov
Variation in the Linguistic Expression of the Conceptual Metaphor Life is a (Gambling) Game

Autori
Schmidt, Goran ; Brdar, Mario

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Cognitive Linguistics between Universality and Variation

Urednik/ci
Brdar, Mario ; Raffaelli, Ida ; Žic Fuchs, Milena

Izdavač
Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Grad
Newcastle upon Tyne

Godina
2012

Raspon stranica
271-292

ISBN
1-4438-4057-2

Ključne riječi
cognitive linguistics; contrastive linguistics; metaphor; language; culture; translation

Sažetak
This chapter is intended as a contribution to the study of the general issue of cross-cultural variation in metaphor, i.e. universality of conceptual metaphor across languages and cultures. Its main concern is with the investigation of the differences in the expression of a presumably shared conceptual metaphor, LIFE IS A GAMBLING GAME, in English, Hungarian and Croatian. It is well attested in these languages, but in most cases the expression of the metaphor is slightly different. There are subtle cross-linguistic differences in the expression of the same conceptual metaphor concerning the degree of linguistic elaboration, kinds of linguistic expressions used, degree of conventionalization, degree of specificity, and the scope of metaphor. Our data show that the three languages overlap in part, but that Croatian and Hungarian are closer with the respect to the dominant cultural models revealed by metaphorical expressions.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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