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Cross-cultural Differences in Conceptual Metaphor

Applied Linguistics Perspectives:a Special Issue of metaphor and Symbol

• Edited by Frank Boers, Jeannete Littlemore

• Price: $25.00
• Binding: Paperback
• Pages: 96
• Published by: Psychology Press
• Publication Date: 1st October 2003
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-9576-6

About the Book

In this special issue, four leading experts in the field look beyond cross-linguistic differences at the level of individual figurative idioms into more general cross-cultural variations in metaphor usage that may underlie them. Three types of cross-cultural variation in metaphor usage are examined by the contributors: differences with regard to the particular source-target mappings that have become conventional in the given cultures; differences with regard to value-judgements associated with the source or target domains of shared mappings; and differences with regard to the degree of pervasiveness of metaphor as such, as compared with other (rhetorical) figures. This special issue concludes that cross-cultural communication would benefit substantially from a heightened metaphor awareness on the part of educators and language learners.

Table of Contents

Volume 18, Number 4, 2003
Contents: F. Boers, Applied Linguistics Perspective on Cross-Cultural Variation in Conceptual Metaphor. G. Low, Validating Metaphoric Models in Applied Linguistics. A. Deignan, Metaphorical Expressions and Culture: An Indirect Link. J. Littlemore, The Effect of Cultural Background on Metaphor Interpretation. J. Charteris-Black, Speaking With Forked Tongue: A Comparative Study of Metaphor and Metonymy in English and Malay Phraseology. Z. Kovecses, Language, Figurative Thought, and Cross-Cultural Comparison.

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