The motion along a path by means of legs as a source domain of time metaphors in Czech Cover Image

Pohyb po cestě prostřednictvím nohou jako zdrojová oblast metafor času v češtině
The motion along a path by means of legs as a source domain of time metaphors in Czech

Author(s): Veronika Čurdová
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: čeština; slovní zásoba; představová schémata; metafory; tělesnost; konceptualizace; čas; nohy; pohyb; prostor; cesta; Czech; vocabulary; image schemas; metaphors; corporeality; conceptualization; time; legs; movement; space; path

Summary/Abstract: The paper is based on the well-known assumption that time and space are intertwined, but it explores the issue from the perspective of corporeality, as it manifests itself in the semantic extensions of the body part term noha (‘leg’). The complex image schema connected with the legs and their functions can be called The motion along a path by means of legs. It serves as source domain for time metaphors in Czech, e.g. "time is a being moving by means of legs along a path or time is space where A subject moves along a path by means of legs".

  • Issue Year: 64/2014
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 055-068
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Czech