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A Comparative Analysis of Emotion Conceptual Metaphor in English, Hindi and Bangla Languages

Ravindra Goswami and Dr. Neelam Yadav

Abstract

The main aim of the present observation was to investigate the similarity and dissimilarity or universality of emotion metaphorical conceptualization and the pattern dominant in English, Hindi and Bangla languages based on Kovecses’s (2003) model for Linguistic expression of Metaphor. The study has taken into consideration some non-English expressions from Hindi and Bangla which belongs to the Indic group of Indo-Aryan branches under the Indo-European family of languages. The study was conducted in two main phases i.e., categorization and comparison. In first phase expressions were categorized under general and specific target and source domains. And at the second phase, each category, metaphorical expressions were compared with based on their conceptual metaphor and literal meaning. Undoubtedly, such kind of study will lighten up the understanding of mapping in construction other than English and show up in this process the conceptual similarity of Hindi and Bangla in contrast or parallel with English. This study could facilitate us to strengthen the idea of cross-linguistic and cross-cultural universality and pervasiveness of conceptual metaphors.

Keywords: Metaphor, Emotion, Cross-linguistics, Cross-cultural, English, Hindi, Bamgla

Introduction

A wide range of varieties and examples exists in different languages which reflects their cross-cultural identity. There are many different perspectives, each with significant differences, regarding the purpose and importance of metaphorical language. According to Aristotle metaphorical language as merely ‘decorative and ornamental’ that does not have or add any additional information to discourse (Gibbs, 1994:74). In recent decades Metaphor becomes the interest for many researchers. About 782 emotive metaphorical expressions were compiled from different literary works and related articles on the field and Dictionaries in Hindi, English and Bangla languages. The emotions under study were Love, happiness, fear, sadness and anger. Lakoff and Johnson’s explained (1980) Conceptual Metaphor theory was adopted a model for purpose of comparison between the languages. According to other linguists, that metaphors cannot consider as just particular strings of words. Metaphor are realizations of conceptual metaphors on the basis of what humans feels and experiences (see Lakoff & Johnson, 1980; Lakoff, 1987; Johnson, 1987). Lakoff & Johnson (1980) believe that metaphor is of the mind, the brain and the body. Therefore, Linguists who are familiar with Lakoff’s view of metaphor claim and support that most conceptual metaphors are universal. They all believe that several unrelated languages may share conceptual metaphors for particular emotional concepts. Happiness, sadness, love are some examples of these emotional concepts. According to Kovecses (1991), there are several conceptual metaphors for expressing the happiness in English but mainly three of them have been recognized as main and major metaphors: HAPPINESS IS UP ‘I am feeling up’, ‘I am walking on air’, HAPPINESS IS LIGHT ‘He brightened up’, HAPPINESS IS A FLUID IN A CONTAINER ‘He is bursting with joy’. Ning Yu (1995) studied and found similar conceptual metaphors of happiness in Chinese language. He also showed that all the metaphors of happiness and anger in English as analyzed by Lakoff & Johnson (1980) can also be found in the Chinese conceptual metaphor system. Similarly, or related conceptual metaphor can also be found in Hindi and Bangla as they all are somehow linked with cross-culturally.

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Ravindra Goswami
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Dr. Neelam Yadav
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Department of Linguistics
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra
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