Semantics
Reza Kazemian; Somayeh Hatamzadeh
Volume 14, Issue 2 , July 2022, , Pages 127-153
Abstract
With the emergence of Covid-19 in 2020 metaphorical conceptualization of coronavirus has been the focus of several investigations into the role of the cognitive system in understanding a novel, unknown and mysterious concept. However, previous research ignored the role of other operations of conceptualization ...
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With the emergence of Covid-19 in 2020 metaphorical conceptualization of coronavirus has been the focus of several investigations into the role of the cognitive system in understanding a novel, unknown and mysterious concept. However, previous research ignored the role of other operations of conceptualization such as force-dynamics (FD), which seems to be a foregrounded element in the thinking of coronavirus. Grounding on Kövecses’s combined model of conceptual metaphor theory (CMT) and FD, this study seeks to reveal the substantial role of FD in interpreting the metaphors framing Covid-19. The present study sets out to determine if there is any constant correlation between CMT (Lakoff & Johnson, 1989) and FD (Talmy, 2000) to gain a deep understanding of Covid-19 metaphors. In doing so, the current paper used the findings of the previous research, revealing source domains, through which conceptualization became possible. The source domains that gain attention in this study include WAR, FIRE, NATURAL FORCE, and WILD ANIMAL, all imbued with some degree of force. Our findings provide a solid evidence base to highlight the close relationship between CMT and FD and contribute to a better understanding of metaphorical expressions of coronavirus by illuminating the role of force entities and their tendencies.
Reza Kazemian; Mohammad Amouzadeh
Volume 11, Issue 2 , June 2020, , Pages 255-280
Abstract
The study of parentheticals in Persian can still be regarded as an unexplored area of investigation. Persian Parentheticals can be divided into different types; one of them is va-parenthetical. This paper is set forth to study væ-parentheitcal clauses. It opens with a discussion on their typical ...
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The study of parentheticals in Persian can still be regarded as an unexplored area of investigation. Persian Parentheticals can be divided into different types; one of them is va-parenthetical. This paper is set forth to study væ-parentheitcal clauses. It opens with a discussion on their typical places of interpolation and their mobile nature. It then continues with the discussion on their general characteristics, namely, omissibility, ellipsis-licensed, and remaining beyond the scope of subordinators. The available data confirm that except ellipsis-licensed feature, all other noted characteristics could be true in case of væ-parentheitcals. This study also reveals that væ-parentheitcals can be interpolated in three different positions (beginning, middle and final). This paper follows a moderate approach, a way between the integrated and the unintegrated approaches, to study væ-parentheitcals. In this vein, it mainly adopts Kavalova’s model (2007) to study væ-parentheitcals. Finally, in spite of quite similar features between væ-parentheitcals and væ discourse marker, some distinctions are made between them. This study argues that by taking some modifications, Kavalova’s model (2007) is quite appropriate to analyze Persian data. The Persian examples illustrated in this study are derived from both written and spoken corpora. It draws on written data from Persian Talk Bank, and the spoken data are collected by authors from some TV round table programs.