BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND REALITY: METAPHORICAL AND METONYMICAL CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF GOD IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

• Authors: Kuczok Marcin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this paper is to analyse the metaphorical and metonymical conceptual representations of God in The New Testament. The notion of God causes various problems since God is understood as One in Three Persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The idea of the Holy Trinity escapes human logic and natural reasoning. The metaphors and metonymies used for the conceiving of God in The New Testament form a complex system of schemata, mediating between the indescribable reality and language. Because of the transcendent nature of God, classifying some of the schemata as metaphor or metonymy is problematic.

Keywords

EN

HOLY TRINITY; METAPHOR; METAPHTONYMY; METONYMY; NEW TESTAMENT

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Committee on Linguistics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Linguistica Silesiana
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 31
• Pages: 69-90
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Kuczok Marcin

• Marcin Kuczok, Instytut Jezyka Angielskiego, Ul. Gen. Stefana Grota-Roweckiego 5 41-205 Sosnowiec

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11PLAAAA09065