“A KINGDOM OF ISOLATION” OR THE CONCEPTUALISATION
OF THE NOTION <LONELINESS> IN THE ANIMATED FILM TITLED FROZEN Cover Image

„KRÓLESTWO SAMOTNEJ DUSZY”, CZYLI KONCEPTUALIZACJE POJĘCIA <SAMOTNOŚĆ> W FILMIE ANIMOWANYM PT. KRAINA LODU
“A KINGDOM OF ISOLATION” OR THE CONCEPTUALISATION OF THE NOTION <LONELINESS> IN THE ANIMATED FILM TITLED FROZEN

Author(s): Karolina Czerkas
Subject(s): Sociolinguistics, Cognitive linguistics, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Dom Wydawniczy ELIPSA
Keywords: Frozen; loneliness; conceptualisation; multimodal metaphor;

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the conceptualisations of the notion ‘loneliness’ in the film titled Frozen (2013), directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee. The study employs the cognitive methodology coupled with the media linguistic perspective. Multimodal metaphors and their functions in the narrative of the film have a special place in the analysis. The aim of the study is to analyse the aforementioned animated film in terms of what components of the conceptual structure of ‘loneliness’ were shown by its authors, what domains found in language they invoked, and what new contents related to the subject ma􏰁er they used. The text shows that loneliness in Frozen is conceptualised as singleness, lack of company, lack of love, otherness, freedom, escape, experience of loss, rejection, closure, darkness, cold, and emptiness. A special image of the analysed notion emerges from two metaphors: Loneliness is Ice, Loneliness is a closed door.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 06
  • Page Range: 50-65
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish