Euphemistic Metaphors in English and Spanish Epitaphs. A Comparative Study
Following the framework of Conceptual Metaphor Th eory, it is the aim of this paper to analyse the conceptual organisation underlying death-related metaphorical expressions in English and Spanish. With this in mind, this paper presents a comparative study of death metaphors in a sample of epitaphs f...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2013 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha |
| Repositorio: | RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/42399 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://www.atlantisjournal.org/ https://hdl.handle.net/10578/42399 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Conceptual metaphor Conceptualizaciones interculturales Cross-cultural conceptualisations Epitafio Epitaph Eufemismo Euphemism Metáfora conceptual Taboo of death Tabú de la muerte |
| Sumario: | Following the framework of Conceptual Metaphor Th eory, it is the aim of this paper to analyse the conceptual organisation underlying death-related metaphorical expressions in English and Spanish. With this in mind, this paper presents a comparative study of death metaphors in a sample of epitaphs from Highgate Cemetery (London, UK) and from the Cemetery of Albacete (Albacete, Spain) focusing specifi cally on those aimed at substituting the notions of ‘death’ and ‘dying’. The results obtained reveal that the conceptual organisations that underlie the euphemistic metaphors for death in English and Spanish derive both from our common bodily experience and from specifi c cultural constraints. Although the set of conceptual metaphors for the domain of death is similar in both languages, the Spanish epitaphs show a clear preference for source domains in which Jewish-Christian beliefs and political issues play a crucial role, whereas the English epitaphs tend to display a more optimistic, life-like approach to death. |
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