Luận văn tiếng Anh:Life and death metaphors in some short stories by Jack London from cognitive perspective = Ẩn dụ về sống và chết trong một số truyện ngắn của Jack London dưới góc nhìn tri nhận. M.A Thesis Linguistics: 60 22 15
Nhà xuất bản:University of Languages and International Studies
Ngày:2012
Chủ đề:Ẩn dụ
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Miêu tả:43 p. + CD-ROM
M.A. Thesis English Linguistics -- University of Languages and International Studies. Vietnam National University, Hanoi, 2012
The major purpose of this thesis is to analyze metaphorical sayings of Life and Death in some short stories by Jack London from the cognitive perspective, more particularly from the perspective of the Conceptual Metaphor Theory. In order to fulfill this study, both theoretical analysis and empirical study are made on the topic. The Findings of the study which show the commonly seen conceptual metaphors of Life and Death are summarized and ranked according to their proportions of linguistic manifestations in those short stories. In the LIFE system, the main conceptual metaphors are “LIFE IS A JOURNEY”, “LIFE IS A FIGHTING/ LIFE IS A BATTLE”, “LIFE IS FIRE/ HEAT/ WARM”, and “LIFE IS LIGHT/ LIFE IS DAYTIME”. Conceptual metaphors of death have a close relationship with the LIFE system, and the ones that are most commonly seen are “DEATH IS THE END OF THE JOURNEY”, “DEATH IS COLD”, “DEATH IS NIGHT/ DARKNESS” and “DEATH IS SLEEP / REST”. On the analysis of the collected data, it is clearly observed that Life and Death are such encompassing matters that there can be no single conceptual metaphor that will enable us to comprehend them. There is a multiplicity of metaphors for Life and Death, and a number of the most common ones can be seen in the selected short stories by Jack London. Interestingly, these metaphors have connections with each other and this link is presented through the coherence and the consistence that prevail
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