This paper reports an investigation into the role of motion verbs in representing emotional states by means of a cross-linguistic observation of English and Italian. The study selects the emotion HAPPINESS for observation and presents empirical data which reveals the metaphorical extension of movement constructions to conceptualize emotions. It posits a Conceptual Metaphor framework which can account for the use of verbs encoding manner of physical movement to conceptualize a cognitive/psychological state of emotion
Ponterotto, D.m. (2014). Happiness is moving up: conceptualizing emotions through motion verbs. In Selected papers from the 4th UK Cognitive linguistics conference (pp.265-283). London : UK Cognitive linguistics association.
Happiness is moving up: conceptualizing emotions through motion verbs
PONTEROTTO, DIANE MARIA
2014-01-01
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This paper reports an investigation into the role of motion verbs in representing emotional states by means of a cross-linguistic observation of English and Italian. The study selects the emotion HAPPINESS for observation and presents empirical data which reveals the metaphorical extension of movement constructions to conceptualize emotions. It posits a Conceptual Metaphor framework which can account for the use of verbs encoding manner of physical movement to conceptualize a cognitive/psychological state of emotion| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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