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Metaphor and emotion

A case of anger in Hindi phraseology

 | Jawaharlal Nehru University
Published online: 14 February 2019
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https://doi.org/10.1075/cogls.00023.sha
Abstract
The objective of current research article is to examine the metaphorical concepts of emotion anger in conventionalized phraseological expressions or phraseologisms (pls) of Hindi.
It aims to find out the extent to which conceptual metaphor motivate Hindi pls and influence their semantic configuration. In addition, it also compares the metaphorical concepts of Hindi mainly with that of English and Chinese while employing the research studies conducted by Kövecses, Z. (1990). Metaphor and emotion. Language, culture and body in human feeling. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar, Lakoff, G., & Kövecses, Z. (1987). The cognitive model of anger inherent in American English. In D. Holand & N. Quinn (Eds.), Cultural models in language and thought (pp. 195–221). New York and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar and Yu, N. (2012). Metaphorical expressions of anger and happiness in English and Chinese (reprint of a 1995 journal article). In P. Hanks & R. Giora (Eds.), Metaphor and figurative language. Volume 3. Literary and cross-cultural perspectives (pp. 328–359). New York and London: Routledge.Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar, who have postulated that physical interaction with surrounding world as well as cultural artefacts and practices largely mediate the conceptualization of emotions in a given linguistic community. Being the language of a collectivist cultural community in India, Hindi chooses more language-specific anger metaphors and conceptualizes anger more cultural specifically than English and other languages do.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Methodology
  • 3.Findings and discussion
  • 4.Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Abbreviation
  • Dictionaries
  • References
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