CROSS LINGUSTIC EQUIVALENCE. THE PARTICULAR CASE OF THE METAPHOR OF LIGHT
CROSS LINGUSTIC EQUIVALENCE. THE PARTICULAR CASE OF THE METAPHOR OF LIGHT
Author(s): Mihaela Marieta DamianSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Cognitive linguistics, Translation Studies
Published by: EDITURA ASE
Keywords: Visual conceptual metaphor; cognitive linguistics; light; descriptive translation studies;cross-linguistic equivalence;
Summary/Abstract: Language of perception is common to all humans within a similar cultural background. Its conceptualization, from a semantic standpoint, is however language specific. With this view in mind, this study aims at investigating, from a cognitive linguistic perspective and from a Descriptive Translation standpoint, the transfer in meaning of conceptual properties assigned to the visual metaphor of ‘light’, in a small scale, English (source language) - Romanian (target language)investigation, seeking to provide a better understanding regarding the nuances implied in the cross-linguistic equivalence of such metaphors, its secondary aim being that of validating these preliminary results through a cross linguistic investigation of similar matters on larger corpora.
Journal: Synergies in Communication
- Issue Year: 1/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 66-72
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English