Conceptual Metaphors with the Source Domain of Insanity in English and Serbian
The paper explores the conceptual metaphors with the source domain of insanity in English and Serbian, focusing on the features of the source domain that are transferred into target domains. It is shown that the experience that shapes these metaphors relies on the manifestations of mental illness an...
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| author | Pavlović Tijana Vesić |
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| description | The paper explores the conceptual metaphors with the source domain of insanity in English and Serbian, focusing on the features of the source domain that are transferred into target domains. It is shown that the experience that shapes these metaphors relies on the manifestations of mental illness and the common beliefs about mental illness that hold in both languages. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-28b16c0054964f7baf46e35b08a6eb2d2022-12-22T02:31:35ZengSciendoRomanian Journal of English Studies1584-37342286-04282016-12-0113112713610.1515/rjes-2016-0016rjes-2016-0016Conceptual Metaphors with the Source Domain of Insanity in English and SerbianPavlović Tijana Vesić0Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, SerbiaThe paper explores the conceptual metaphors with the source domain of insanity in English and Serbian, focusing on the features of the source domain that are transferred into target domains. It is shown that the experience that shapes these metaphors relies on the manifestations of mental illness and the common beliefs about mental illness that hold in both languages.https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0016conceptual metaphorsenglishinsanitypolysemyserbian |
| spellingShingle | Pavlović Tijana Vesić Conceptual Metaphors with the Source Domain of Insanity in English and Serbian Romanian Journal of English Studies conceptual metaphors english insanity polysemy serbian |
| title | Conceptual Metaphors with the Source Domain of Insanity in English and Serbian |
| title_full | Conceptual Metaphors with the Source Domain of Insanity in English and Serbian |
| title_fullStr | Conceptual Metaphors with the Source Domain of Insanity in English and Serbian |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conceptual Metaphors with the Source Domain of Insanity in English and Serbian |
| title_short | Conceptual Metaphors with the Source Domain of Insanity in English and Serbian |
| title_sort | conceptual metaphors with the source domain of insanity in english and serbian |
| topic | conceptual metaphors english insanity polysemy serbian |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0016 |
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