Aspects of the Metaphorical Conceptualisation of Basic Emotions in Korean

• 발행기관: 현대문법학회
• 저자명: Ji-Ryong Lim
• 간행물 정보: 『현대문법연구』제32호, 141~167쪽, 전체 27쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2003.06.01

영문 초록

The purpose of this study is to show the metaphorical aspects of basic emotional expressions, focusing on the meaning extension of verbs, in terms of experientialism and folk models of cognitive linguistics. In this study the aspects of the metaphorical conceptualisation of basic emotions in Korean have been explored concerning six classes of verbs expressing ‘anger’, ‘fear’, ‘hate’, ‘sadness’, ‘joy’,and ‘love’ based on the semantic extension of a target domain by a source domain. The results of this study are as follows. First, the source domains applicable to all the basic emotions are ‘a fluid in a container’, ‘a thing’, ‘a plant’, and ‘food’. Second, such source domains as ‘a fluid in a container’, ‘a thing’, ‘a plant’, and ‘food’ have a scenario of ‘the occurrence of an emotion’ → ‘its growth’ → ‘its disappearance’. Third, conceptual metaphors by ‘a fluid in a container’, ‘food’, ‘an enemy’, ‘a natural force’ are based on physiological metonymy. Fourth, there are some differences in the aspects of metaphorical conceptualisation of negative emotions and positive ones.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Principles of the Analysis of Emotions

3. Metaphorical Aspects of Basic Emotions

4. Conclusion

키워드

basic emotions cognitive linguistics folk models experientialism conceptual metaphors meaning extension