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Realizations of Conceptual Metaphors of Anger in Arabic, Russian and English

A Contrastive Corpus-Based Approach

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ID21830463
AuthorsMervat Albufalasa (0000-0002-3623-1818, University of Bahrain, corresponding author), Yulia Vorobeva (University of Bahrain)
Year2020
Volume10
Issue6
Pages264
Publication date2020-09-23
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of English Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1923-869X • E-ISSN: 1923-8703
PublisherCanadian Center of Science and Education (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5539/ijel.v10n6p264
OpenAlexW3088465429
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited4

Conceptual metaphors are often analyzed out of context. Nevertheless, the crucial role of context is evident as metaphors do not only transmit specific entailment of particular concepts, but they also reflect cultural and social characteristics. At the same time, one cannot deny that conceptualization is involved in the interpretation of various cultural models and conceptual metaphors. The purpose of the current research was to analyze conceptual metaphors of ANGER in Arabic, Russian and English. The current study employed a contrastive corpus-based approach to compare and contrast the conceptual metaphors of ANGER in the aforementioned languages. The outcomes of this research study contributed immensely to the existing literature on conceptual metaphors analysis as there are almost no previous researches done in the field comparing three languages belonging to different language groups. The study found that the Arabic language demonstrated the highest tendency towards conceptual metaphors formation out of the three languages. The study confirmed that cultural context played a significant role in the formation of conceptual metaphors, and it also proved that due to different cultural environments, some metaphors are unique by nature and can be present only in a particular language. It can be concluded that conceptual metaphors of ANGER are not a universal concept, and cultural norms and values make this concept non-identical in the aforementioned languages

Anger · Arabic · Cognition · Conceptual framework · Conceptual metaphor · Conceptual system · Conceptualization · Contrastive analysis · Epistemology · Linguistic relativity · Linguistics · Metaphor · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · English Language Learning and Teaching · History · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Psychology · Social Psychology · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism

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Citations per year1
Citation span2025 - 2025 (1)
Highly citedNo

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