Conceptual Blending Analysis of “HEART” Metaphors in Mandarin Chinese: A Case Study of Inverse Morphemes Words
Keywords:
Metaphorical process, Inverse morphemes words, Conceptual Integration Theory, “HEART” metaphorsAbstract
The objective of this article is to analyze metaphors containing the word “HEART” in Mandarin Chinese, focusing on the word “HEART” that appears with other word that became inverse morpheme words were analyzed using the Conceptual Integration Theory (CIT). Results indicated that the usage of the word “HEART” in Chinese is a metaphor word that has figurative meanings referring to human beings, thoughts, feelings, personalities and locations. The figurative meaning of the word “HEART” in inverse morpheme words which contain two words with the same morpheme does not always have the same meaning, but sometimes has different definitions. It depends on the emergent meaning that appears in blended space and a relationship between the words that arrange to two input spaces. Morphemes alternation or mental spaces switching may have an influence on new words to have different meanings as well as making the metaphorical meanings of the word “HEART” different. Consequently, the application of the Conceptual Integration Theory to analyze “HEART” and the words that co-occur can assist us to perceive the process of becoming ametaphor for the “HEART” in Mandarin Chinese more thoroughly and more clearly.
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Siqi, Y. (2020). Conceptual Blending Analysis of “HEART” Metaphors in Mandarin Chinese: A Case Study of Inverse Morphemes Words. Journal of the Faculty of Arts, Silpakorn University, 42(1), 104–128. Retrieved from https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jasu/article/view/243025
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