Article published In: Cognitive Linguistic Studies
Vol. 6:2 (2019) ► pp.271–294
Metaphtonymy in the naming procedure of technological devices among South Tunisian old people
Published online: 4 February 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/cogls.00041.bou
https://doi.org/10.1075/cogls.00041.bou
Abstract
The present research studies the naming procedure of technological devices among South Tunisian old people. This
study is a reconsideration of the findings of Boubakri, F. (2015). Old people’s adaptation to what is unfamiliar to their schemata. International Journal of Humanities and Culture Studies, 1 (4), 159–70. making use of the data
collected in an attempt to understand the phenomenon on the basis of a cognitive approach. The data is collected through
unintentional observation followed by intentional observation, and it was concluded that old people’s naming procedure is dictated
by their internal sensory makeup (Boubakri, F. (2015). Old people’s adaptation to what is unfamiliar to their schemata. International Journal of Humanities and Culture Studies, 1 (4), 159–70.: 166). On the basis of the collected
data and others collected for the purpose of the present research, it is concluded that the cognitive concept of construal lies
behind old people’s naming procedure of technological devices, and that the internal cognitive factor involved in the emergence of
the construal is metaphor. More precisely, this metaphor is mataphtonymy which is basically motivated by the psychological state
of its user.
Keywords: construal, conceptual metaphor, metaphtonymy, cognitive linguistics
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Literature review
- 2.1Old people’s adaptation to what is unfamiliar to their schemata
- 2.2The notion of construal in cognitive linguistics
- 2.2.1Construal and the factors underlying its realization
- 2.2.2Conceptual metaphor
- 2.2.3Metaphtonymy
- 3.Methodology
- 4.Findings and discussion
- 4.1Findings of conceptual metaphor analysis
- 4.1.1Metaphor 1: “Is there cold in this bus?”
- 4.1.2Metaphor 2: “She is in her room holding her ‘taktaka’”
- 4.1.3Metaphor 3: “Yes, open the joy, please”
- 4.1.4Metaphor 4: “Did you start seeing?”
- 4.1.5Metaphor 5: “Won’t you leave that ‘wadwda’ and come, Asma?”
- 4.1.6Metaphor 6: “So you will get out the commotion?”
- 4.2The psychological state as the experiential cognitive factor underlying the construal
- 4.3The reaction of the listener to the naming procedure
- 4.1Findings of conceptual metaphor analysis
- 5.Conclusion
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