Idioms, proverbs and body part expressions on Yiedie “wellbeing” in Akan

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21201002
AutoresKofi Agyekum (0000-0002-6177-2819, University of Ghana, autor correspondente)
Ano2023
Volume14
Fascículo1
Páginas1-22
Data de publicação2023-03-14
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPragmatics and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1878-9714 • E-ISSN: 1878-9722
EditoraJohn Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1075/ps.19015.agy
OpenAlexW4324192480
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas20

This paper investigates the interaction between language, culture, body and emotions. It is an aspect of cognitive semantics that discusses the Akan somatic nature of their body and therefore have existing lexical items, idioms and proverbs to comment on “wellbeing”. It is based on Conceptual Metaphor Theory by Lakoff and Johnson (1980) and Ethnopragmatics by Goddard (2006) . A great parts of Akan expressions for “wellbeing” are tapped from body parts through their physical, cognitive, and emotional representations. The nature of the derived semantic patterns and how the Akans consider these somatic expressions, idioms and proverbs as important aspects of their language and culture are discussed. This paper argues that “wellbeing” as an emotion is transitional like a pendulum; one can be enjoying aspects of “wellbeing” for a moment and be in “distress” and “depression” a moment later. 1

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Conceptual metaphor · Linguistics · Metaphor · Computer Science · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology