Conceptual Metaphors Based on Binary Value in Political Speech: Oppositional Metaphor

• 발행기관: 한국영미어문학회
• 저자명: Su-Jin Lim Sungchool Im
• 간행물 정보: 『영미어문학』영미어문학 제107호, 147~163쪽, 전체 16쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2013.06.30

영문 초록

Though conceptual metaphor theory works well with most metaphorical linguistic expressions found in ordinary language, it is not enough to explain all the metaphorical linguistic expressions, especially in political language, with the existing three types of conceptual metaphor. For the solution of this matter, 'oppositional metaphor' which is another type of conceptual metaphor based on binary value is proposed in this paper. The purpose of this study is to show how these oppositional metaphors are applied to political speech and find out what their characteristics are. From the analysis of the data, we can find that: First, the oppositional metaphors have their default meaning between the two opposite concepts. Second, one of the two opposite source concepts works to understand a single metaphorical expression but we unconsciously recall the other opposite concept as well, and therefore oppositional metaphor makes a completed image-schema. Third, the positive or negative value of its image-schema is not arbitrary.

목차

Abstract

1. Introduction

2. Conceptual Metaphor Theory

3. Data and Analysis

4. Findings and Conclusion

References

키워드

conceptual metaphor binary value oppositional metaphor political speech