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Chapter 19 - Metaphoric and Metonymic Patterns with the Body-Part Term Nwun “Eye(s)” in Korean

from Part IV - Semantics and Pragmatics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 September 2022

By
Ebru Türker
Edited by
Sungdai Cho  and
John Whitman
Sungdai Cho
Affiliation:
Binghamton University, State University of New York
John Whitman
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
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Summary

Chapter 19 investigates the conceptual mappings of conventional figurative expressions, specifically idioms and collocations containing the body-part term nwun “eye(s)” in Korean. Working within the framework of conceptual metaphor theory (Lakoff and Johnson 1980), the study explores the types of conceptual shift that give rise to extended meanings and discusses how extension mechanisms draw on shared features between source and target domains. Common Korean expressions involving the eyes involve vision, persons, time, events/processes, perception (e.g., attention, attraction, interest, judgment), mind activities (e.g., thinking, knowing, understanding), and emotions (e.g., anger, avarice, surprise). These figurative expressions are motivated by the basic experiences of eye behavior, eye appearance, and vision, as well as by our interactions with people and environments. The findings of this study contribute to our understanding of the influence of embodiment in language in general and in Korean in particular.

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conceptual metaphor/metonymyfigurative languagebody-part termKoreaneye
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The Cambridge Handbook of Korean Linguistics , pp. 554 - 580
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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