Anger metaphors in the language of absolute congenital blind in comparison with their sighted counterpart based on Forceville Model

Document Type : Research original ,Regular Article

Authors
Mahnaz Talebi Dastenaei
Azita Afrashi
Farideh Haghbin
Abstract
The conceptual metaphor program firstly launched by Lakoff and Johnson (1980) in Metaphors We Live By book. The theory attempt to describe conceptual metaphors as mental chart that idealize in the language metaphorically. Most of the studies of conceptual metaphors are limited to speech and writing. However studying of conceptual metaphors especially emotional metaphors in pictures can expand the conceptual metaphor model. Forceville (1996, 1999, and 2002) for the first time studied metaphor mapping in images and movies. The current paper analyzes anger metaphors in 10 congenital blinds’ language metaphors in comparison with their sighted peers based of Forceville model. According to the result, there are some differences and similarities in understanding of anger and anger metaphors in the language of two groups. one can see the effect of language on shaping the mental images of the absolute congenital blind that do not have any visual notion of their environment.
 
Keywords
Conceptual metaphors
Emotional metaphors
Anger metaphor
Forceville Model
Verbalism
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Language Studies
Volume 7, Issue 14
October 2017
Pages 65-78

  • Receive Date 02 November 2016
  • Revise Date 03 December 2016
  • Accept Date 19 January 2017