Embodiment in Metaphor

master's thesis

• Title: Embodiment in Metaphor : Is metaphor grounded in embodied experience?
• Author: Lucija Grgić
• Mentor: Janja Čulig (mentor)
• Committee member: Marina Grubišić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
• Committee member: Ivana Bašić (član povjerenstva)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; (Department of English language and literature); Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2022-02-11, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: HUMANISTIC SCIENCES; Philology; Anglistics

Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to see, through a corpus analysis of the Corpus of Contemporary
American English, if embodied metaphors are present for the words head and heart. It can be
argued that, considering that humans think of the heart as their emotional center and the head
as the center for logic and thinking, some of the metaphorical expressions that contain those
two words would be examples of embodiment in metaphor. Through the corpus analysis, a
sample of 100 examples was chosen for each of the words. The examples were of both the
literal meaning of the words and different metaphorical expressions. The final results of the
analysis show examples of embodiment in multiple categories that were found.

• Keywords: metaphor; cognitive linguistics; embodiment; emotion; logic
• Language: english
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:131:632825
• Study programme: Title: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Linguistics, Literature and Culture, Translation, TEFL; Course: Linguistics; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Open access
• Created on: 2022-11-09 17:02:55