A preliminary investigation into emotional conceptualization by means of motion verbs

  • Lê Văn Thanh

Abstract

This paper investigates the role of motion verbs in representing emotional states by means of a cross-linguistic observation of English and Vietnamese, focusing on the emotion HAPPINESS in English and one of its equiva lents, VUI SƯỚNG, in Vietnamese. The results reveals the metaphorical extension of movement constructions to conceptualize emotions in both languages. It is concluded that the use of verbs encoding manner of physical movement to conceptualize a cognitive/psychological state of emotion in both languages is based on the same conceptual metaphor framework. 

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Published
2015-07-06
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ARTICLES