METAPHORICAL MODELS OF THE CONCEPT FACT IN MODERN ENGLISH
This paper presents the analysis of the metaphorical models of the concept of fact from the perspective of Cognitive Linguistics. More specifically, we attempt to show how Lakoff’s theory of conceptual metaphor can help us refine an unclear deem nature of the concept of fact in Modern English, which can accrue from the frequent occurrence of conventionalized metaphorical expressions about fact in everyday language. Thus, metaphor is understood as a partial mapping between conceptual domains of experience, a source domain and a target domain. In this way, we intend to make this interesting construct more useful and cognitively plausible instrument for our linguistic analysis.
Keywords: fact, concept, metaphor, metaphorical model, conceptualization, abstract phenomenon, thing.
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Issue: 9, 2011
Series of issue: Issue 9
Rubric: Germanic Languages
Pages: 100 — 105
Downloads: 1498