Le metafore della nozione di musica nella lingua italiana
The metaphors of the concept musica in Italian
Author(s): Aleksandra Ritau-BarberSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Lexis, Psycholinguistics, Cognitive linguistics, Philosophy of Mind, Cognitive Psychology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: cognitive linguistics; conceptualization; ontological and structural metaphor; personification; music; human nature
Summary/Abstract: The following paper aims at describing the metaphorical conceptualization of musica in the cognitive approach. The linguistic corpus consists of texts of music theory and music history manuals and texts of interviews with music artists. The chosen methodology, cognitive semantics, allows to explain how the concept of musica is expressed by means of the metaphor of human being. The musica is recognized as a human organism which has its physicality (materiality of body) and psychology (immateriality of mind).
Journal: Neophilologica
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 30
- Page Range: 287-304
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Italian