The metaphorical structuring of kinship in Latin

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ID20034183
AuthorsAlessandro Buccheri (0000-0003-3771-1204, EHESS, Paris – University of Siena, corresponding author)
Year2016
Pages141-176
Publication date2016-05-11
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueEmbodiment in Latin Semantics (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/slcs.174.06buc
OpenAlexW2490251044
ISBN9789027259394
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited29

In this paper, I analyze how concepts related to the domains of space and plants were used by Latin speakers to deliver their culturally specific understanding of (some aspects of) human kinship, in the light of the theory of conceptual metaphor. I go on to claim that analysis of the metaphorical layer of Latin lexicon of kinship can contribute to its “emic” description in ancient Rome, that is, framing it (as much as possible) in concepts near to the Romans’ own experience. First, I describe the contribution that the domains of space and plants makes to the metaphorical structuring of Roman ideas about kinship. Then, I move on to their interplay and to their interaction with Roman images of time, which appear to be ultimately responsible for some of the seemingly odd features of these metaphors. I conclude by trying to spell out some differences between modern and ancient elaborations of the tree as a cultural image

Archaeology · Conceptual metaphor · Epistemology · Geography · Kinship · Lexicon · Linguistics · Metaphor · Political science · Sociology · Spell · Structuring · Anthropology · Categorization, perception, and language · Classical Antiquity Studies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy

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