The anatomy of fear: interplay between metaphor, metonymy and image schema in the conceptualization of fear/strach in English and Polish

• Authors: Anna Rewiś-Łętkowska
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

PL

The article presents detailed analysis of the interrelations between metaphor, metonymyand image schema in the metaphorical conceptualization of FEAR/STRACH in English andPolish. The theoretical framework of the study is provided by the Conceptual MetaphorTheory, which is one of the basic elements of Cognitive Linguistics. The material used in theanalytical part comes from various lexicographic sources and language corpora. The studyalso deals with a comparative analysis of some elements of the conceptual model of FEARacross the two languages.

Keywords

PL

Emotions, fear, conceptualization, metaphor, metonymy, image schema, interplay

• Publisher: Karpacka Państwowa Uczelnia w Krośnie
• Journal: Studia Pigoniana
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 2

Dates

published

2019

online

2019-12-18

Contributors

author

Anna Rewiś-Łętkowska

Identifiers

DOI

10.12775/SP.2019.007