“A kingdom of isolation” or the conceptualisation of the notion <loneliness> in the animated film titled Frozen

Abstract

This article discusses the conceptualisations of the notion ‘loneliness’ in the film titled Frozen(2013), directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee. The study employs the cognitive methodology coupled with the media linguistic perspective. Multimodal metaphors and their functions in the narrative of the film have a special place in the analysis. The aim of the study is to analyse the aforemenƟ oned animated film in terms of what components of the conceptual structure of ‘loneliness’ were shown by its authors, what domains found in language they invoked, and what new contents related to the subject matter they used. The text shows that loneliness in Frozen is conceptualised as singleness, lack of company, lack of love, otherness, freedom, escape, experience of loss, rejection, closure, darkness, cold, and emptiness. A special image of the analysed notion emerges from two metaphors: LONELINESS in ICE‘›, LIONELINESS is a ‘CLOSED DOOR.