Tempus est pecunia or Tempus est valorem? Conception of Time in the Mentality of a Modern Pole

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ID21486544
AuthorsAnna Dąbrowska (0000-0003-1406-5510, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume40
Issue2
Pages73-194
Publication date2022-12-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnales Universitatis Mariae Curie-Skłodowska sectio FF – Philologiae (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0239-426X • E-ISSN: 2449-853X
PublisherMaria Curie-Sklodowska University (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.17951/ff.2022.40.2.73-194
OpenAlexW4313520169
LanguageEN
References cited18

The aim of the paper is to enquire how a modern Polish man comprehends time . Taken from the cognitive linguistics perspective, the study evolves around time metaphors, extracted from the definitions and the language corpus in Polish. Metaphor is recognised as a useful tool within Critical Metaphor Analysis (CMA) to learn about motives, believes and ideologies. The results obtained in the research yield quantitative data. The metaphors Time is money, Time is a value and Time is a doctor and the best cure can be called ‘shared metaphors’, since they underlie both the dictionary definitions and corpus discourse. We may conclude that these metaphors are conventional, well-grounded in the awareness of contemporary Poles and inspire their ideological motives. Other time metaphors refer to moral and religious values (within the MORALITY and RELIGION frame) and an identity search (within the IDENTITY and PSYCHOLOGY frame). Finally, a few time metaphors derive from everyday functioning and duties of present people (within the DAILY LIFE frame)

Aesthetics · Cognition · Cognitive linguistics · Epistemology · Everyday life · Ideology · Linguistics · Metaphor · Morality · Political science · Politics · Sociology · TEMPUS · Computer Science · Language and Culture · Law · Literature, Language, and Rhetoric Studies · Philosophy · Psychology

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