Variation in embodied metaphorsA contrastive analysis of taste metaphors in Spanish and English

  1. Torres Soler, Julio 1
  1. 1 Universitat d'Alacant
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    Universitat d'Alacant

    Alicante, España

    ROR https://ror.org/05t8bcz72

Revista:
Complutense Journal of English Studies

ISSN: 2386-3935

Any de publicació: 2021

Número: 29

Pàgines: 21-33

Tipus: Article

DOI: 10.5209/CJES.71511 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAccés obert editor

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Resum

Whereas in the late 90s the universal character of many embodied conceptual metaphors was overemphasised, in the last years some authors have claimed that culture plays a crucial role in the motivation of all kinds of conceptual metaphors, including those grounded on universal bodily experiences. In order to shed some light on this issue, we carry out a contrastive analysis of conceptual metaphors with basic tastes as a source domain in Spanish and in English. To this end, we employ a mixed approach, combining data from dictionaries and linguistic corpora. Our analysis reveals that variation is higher at the level of linguistic expression and lower, but still significant, at the conceptual level. Although most taste metaphors are shared by Spanish and English, a few language-specific conceptual metaphors are also found, proving that food culture has an influence on the motivation of conceptual metaphors.

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