Analysis of conventional thought trace in Simin Behbahani's poetry with regard to the issue of metaphorical creativity and conceptual blending

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Arash Aghabozorgian Masoumkhani
• Maryam Iraji

Department of Linguistics, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

10.22067/jlkd.2022.76443.1100

Abstract

In this research, we have studied Simin Behbahani’s poetry on basis of conceptual metaphor theory in which extending, elaborating, questioning and composing devices are employed to create novel metaphors from the conventional materials of everyday language and thought. Then, qualitative characteristics of conceptual blending theory have been investigated as a complementary perspective to explain the subject more comprehensively. The results show separate and simultaneous usage of metaphorical creativity devices were used by Simin Behbahani in different samples. The analysis of these samples base on conceptual blending theory determines separate networks in a text with same information in some aspects and contradictory concepts in the other aspects. On the other hand, we can have blended spaces that are the result of networks in background and these spaces reflect some concepts into both input spaces of the other network in foreground simultaneously. It is also possible to consider the existence of a blending network on basis of three inputs. In general, the conceptual blending theory, based on individual landscape perception from common thought and cohesion of concepts in mind and immediate linguistic context, would specify the motivations of intertwined metaphorical concepts in poetry.

Keywords

• Conceptual metaphor
• Conventional thought
• Creativity
• Conceptual blending

Main Subjects

• Semantics

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