The Metonymic and Metaphoric Conceptualisations of the Heart in Akan and English
The paper examines the metaphorical and metonymic structure of the heart in Akan (a Kwa language in West Africa,) and English, within the framework of the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), formulated by Lakoff and Johnson (1980). My aim is to explore the ways in whic...
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| author | Esther S. Afreh |
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| description | The paper examines the metaphorical and metonymic structure of the heart in Akan (a Kwa language in West Africa,) and English, within the framework of the Conceptual
Metaphor Theory (CMT), formulated by Lakoff and Johnson (1980). My aim is to explore the ways in which akoma, ‘the heart’, is used in Akan to express human experiences and also to compare the conceptualisations of the heart in Akan to those in English in order to establish whether the two languages manifest any cross-conceptual, cross-linguistic or cross-cultural differences. The data reveal that there are no striking
differences between English and Akan with respect to the metaphoric and metonymic conceptualisations of the heart. The differences in the language-specific conceptualisations are attributed to the cultural models embedded in the two languages. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b697f7190ed460b9a90d90f9a55b3f92022-12-21T19:50:58ZengUniversity of GhanaLegon Journal of the Humanities2458-746X2015-05-01261385710.4314/ljh.v26i1.3The Metonymic and Metaphoric Conceptualisations of the Heart in Akan and EnglishEsther S. Afreh0Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kuma si GhanaThe paper examines the metaphorical and metonymic structure of the heart in Akan (a Kwa language in West Africa,) and English, within the framework of the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), formulated by Lakoff and Johnson (1980). My aim is to explore the ways in which akoma, ‘the heart’, is used in Akan to express human experiences and also to compare the conceptualisations of the heart in Akan to those in English in order to establish whether the two languages manifest any cross-conceptual, cross-linguistic or cross-cultural differences. The data reveal that there are no striking differences between English and Akan with respect to the metaphoric and metonymic conceptualisations of the heart. The differences in the language-specific conceptualisations are attributed to the cultural models embedded in the two languages.heartmetaphormetonymyConceptual Metaphor Theorycultural models |
| spellingShingle | Esther S. Afreh The Metonymic and Metaphoric Conceptualisations of the Heart in Akan and English Legon Journal of the Humanities heart metaphor metonymy Conceptual Metaphor Theory cultural models |
| title | The Metonymic and Metaphoric Conceptualisations of the Heart in Akan and English |
| title_full | The Metonymic and Metaphoric Conceptualisations of the Heart in Akan and English |
| title_fullStr | The Metonymic and Metaphoric Conceptualisations of the Heart in Akan and English |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Metonymic and Metaphoric Conceptualisations of the Heart in Akan and English |
| title_short | The Metonymic and Metaphoric Conceptualisations of the Heart in Akan and English |
| title_sort | metonymic and metaphoric conceptualisations of the heart in akan and english |
| topic | heart metaphor metonymy Conceptual Metaphor Theory cultural models |
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