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Embodiment and Metonymic and Metaphorical Expressions in Bhojpuri

Dr. Neelam Yadav, NET, Ph.D., D.Litt.

Abstract

The present paper explores the metonymic and metaphoric conceptualization of forehead in Bhojpuri. The article also investigates how culture plays a fundamental role in the analysis of conceptual metaphors and metonymy, since all metaphors are not ‘universal’ despite the claim that they share a common embodied grounding. These cognitive mechanisms or vehicles unveil certain conceptualizations that are deeply entrenched in the language and sometimes overshadowed by others.

Keywords: Bhojpuri, Forehead, Metaphors, Metonymy, Conceptualization, Embodiment.

1. Introduction

There are two terms for forehead in Bhojpuri. Forehead is not only considered an important part of the human body, but it is also used in a vast number of metaphorical expressions to signify a variety of cognitive understandings. The focus of this study is to illustrate the relationship between the body-part forehead and nature of cognition in Bhojpuri language community which is manifested through the vehicle of metonymic and metaphorical expressions. The body-part forehead, in Bhojpuri community, is conceptualized as being famous/easily recognized, to show luck, respect, worry, anxiety etc. In the metaphorical expression one term is used to judge the appearance of a person by the Bhojpurians. Here, appearance doesn’t mean beauty of the face but it signifies overall personality and trait.

In Bhojpuri, forehead stands for the front part of the head. This top orientation is also the origin of very common orientation conceptual metaphors

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Dr. Neelam Yadav, NET, Ph.D., D.Litt.
Department of Linguistics
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra, U.P., India 282004
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