Metaphorical Representation Research Articles

Marx's construction of human subjectivity: elucidated through the metaphor of theater

The thought of subjectivity runs through different schools of Western philosophy. The essence of all kinds of thoughts about human subjectivity, which is the epitome of the existence of people in their respective countries, nations and eras. Human beings are the creators of the great history and the achievers of the self-liberation movement. The study of human subjectivity has realized the positive interaction between individuals and eras, micro and macro, past and future. As the great forerunner of human liberation movement, Marx's concept of subjectivity has not been out of date until now. The interpretation of the three dimensions of human subject from the theatrical metaphor, which not only has profound theoretical charm, but also has deepgoing guiding significance to the self-realization and self-liberation movement of contemporary human beings.

Infants of the Spring (1932): Cutting across the Stage of Harlem’s Black Bohemia

Based on an analysis of the novel Infants of the Spring (1932), this article explores the circulation and metamorphoses of Black and queer cultural identities in the urban space of Harlem (New York) during the 1920s. In this roman à clef, Black American writer and editor Wallace Thurman revisited the experience of the Black bohemia. He did so focusing on the so-called “Niggeratti Manor,” a residence where some of the young Black artists of the Harlem Renaissance lived. At the time, New York was still organized along racially segregated lines and various factors were shaping the uptown neighborhood: the migration of Black Americans from the South to the North of the United States; the urban reforms that aimed to organize this migration; and the political, intellectual, and artistic production that accompanied the Black emancipation struggles. In addition, during this period, which was also that of Prohibition, white queer men and women patronized the neighborhood. On the one hand, Harlem was a fairly welcoming area for gay and lesbian people. On the other hand, it provided access to an entertainment world in which performance and camp were central. This article discusses how, using the metaphor of theater, and specifically the highly racially codified genre of the minstrel show, Infants of the Spring depicts male, Black, and queer identities in the modern urban landscape. Thurman’s novel interrogates the formation and circulation of these identities through the lens of the multiple relationships that Black artists had with white men, artists, and lovers, as well as with Black artists, intellectuals, and reformers.

Leksemy z wtórnym znaczeniem metaforycznym w rosyjskojęzycznej prasie Łotwy

The article presents the results of an analysis of the potential impact on readers of lexemes with secondary metaphorical meanings (source domain THEATER) used in articles published in the Russian-language press published in Latvia (in 2012–2022). The study was conducted on the basis of linguistic material taken from socio-political press articles published in five Latvian newspapers, both from print and electronic versions. The study, conducted with the help of semantic and contextual analysis, showed that the authors of the analyzed texts use theatrical metaphors that can evoke negative connotations in readers, but examples of the use of such lexemes are not numerous. The emotional impact on the audience is limited by the fact that the metaphorical meaning of the analyzed units is often an already obliterated meaning.

КОНЦЕПТ «БОГ/GOD» И ЕГО МЕТАФОРИЧЕСКАЯ РЕПРЕЗЕНТАЦИЯ В АНГЛОЯЗЫЧНОМ РЕЛИГИОЗНОМ ДИСКУРСЕ

The focus of this research is the concept of «God» and its metaphorical representation in the English religious discourse. The research material is 570 religious texts published in American Theological Inquiry journal from 2000 to the present and posted on the publisher's website. The paper emphasizes the importance of metaphor in the formation of the addressee’s (believer’s) knowledge about the image of God, his unique abilities and nature. Based on the results of an empirical analysis of the language material, the authors come to the following conclusions: 1) in the conceptual sphere of the English religious discourse, the concept of «God» is one of the key elements which form the system of religious knowledge of a person; 2) the religious discursive sphere is the space of actualization of a cognitive metaphor formed according to the scheme X is Y; 3) in English religious texts, the concept of «God» is often verbalized by metaphors; 4) the main linguistic means of manifestation of the metaphorical model «God is ... » are nouns belonging to the core of the metaphor, adjectives and verbs, as a rule, representing the metaphorical periphery.

Феномен притворства и его метафорическое представление в русском языке

Феномен притворства и его метафорическое представление в русском языке

A spiderweb of human trafficking: An empirical linguistic study

The state of the art in human trafficking (HT) prevention requires the elaboration of subtle verbal techniques that can enhance informative awareness campaigns. The paper explores the representations of metaphors in the media about HT through the SPIDERWEB construal and its impact on the youth in Ukraine. Compared to previous decades (Paliichuk 2011), the SPIDERWEB metaphor can be observed more frequently in recent publications, encouraging the study of whether it contributes to a stronger reader response. The methods embrace conceptual analysis and an experiment, in which 60 undergraduates (grouped into G1, G2, and G3) took part. Four media fragments were used in three modes: authentic (A), weakened (W), and enhanced (E). In total, twelve variables were tested. The Paired Samples T Test revealed the changes in student post-reading perceptions, with the highest response to E texts (identifying oneself with trafficked persons; imagining oneself being in the same situation; imagining sounds/voices; being emotionally affected). Used for the differences between A–W; A–E; and W–E, the Independent Samples T Test revealed higher degrees for imagining oneself being enslaved in the HT situation; being secluded or isolated; emotionally affected; and being more careful about personal safety, which points to the feasibility of designing anti-trafficking educational content based on the SPIDERWEB metaphor.

Transposition of the regional identity of young people moved to a megalopolis

The purpose of this work was to interpret through the prism of the importance for the construction of a new identity of young people of the factors of transposition of regional identity when moving to a metropolis. The goal was achieved through the use of the methodological framework of transcendental phenomenology and the method of textual and structural analysis. The main stages for this study were: building a theoretical framework using the conceptual apparatus of I. Goffman and his theatrical metaphor to determine the boundaries of the study; collection of empirical material by the method of in-depth phenomenological interview (15 interviews were taken in total); reduction and further analysis of empirical material, in which both the factors of regional identity separately and the interaction between them were considered, which made it possible to identify the hierarchy between the elements of regional identity. The main result of this research work was the assumption that for the studied group in the context of the modern world, regional identity is gradually transformed into a “thin”, more individualized and based on less strong and rigid ties. In addition, a conclusion was made about the complex relationship between the social and physical factors of the regional self, which both turn out to be significant for channeling the process of transposing regional identity, but from different positions within the structure itself.

Discursive Metaphorical Representation of COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya's newspaper headlines

Discursive Metaphorical Representation of COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya's newspaper headlines

Metaphorical Representation of Covid-19 Pandemic in Kenya’s Newspaper Headlines

Metaphorical Representation of Covid-19 Pandemic in Kenya’s Newspaper Headlines

모바일 기기 UI 디자인의 방향 연구 ╶ 안드로이드의 미니멀 앱 아이콘 디자인을 중심으로╶

Despite the recent development of displays, people's attention is focused on the importance of UI design, and various studies have been conducted, it is difficult to find studies related to the problems of excessive minimalism that currently appear everywhere. Therefore, this study starts with the question of the present time when the design between the app GUI elements lacks differentiation, each individuality disappears, and the boundaries between the elements become ambiguous.
 Minimalist UI design has become one of the most important design systems of modern times. Previous scuremorphism designs consumed more pixels than needed for real-life metaphor representation at limited display sizes. This has become a very fatal drawback in small displays such as mobile devices, and it can be seen that a change to a simple design that consumes fewer pixels is inevitable as mobile devices become popular. However, these minimalist designs are being abused and misused, reducing user usability and intuition, and making individuality between each element disappear.
 Therefore, in this study, we will look at the design trends and reasons for changes in the UI so far and derive problems with the current UI design, away from ambiguity in the future. After that, we seek the elements that UI design must have to escape from excessive minimalism. Finally, I would like to study the direction in which each element can have differentiation and move toward various design directions.

Symbolical and Metaphorical Representation of People’s Movement and Quest for Peace in Dhakal’s “Mother and the Motherland”

This article analyzes trauma in Narayan Dhakal’s “Mother and the Motherland” (Janani Janmabhumischha) by applying psychological aspects of trauma theory propagated by Cathy Caruth to study the symbolical references for the consequences of Second Movement (2006). But, it has tried to bring out the crucial facts of the Movement analyzing the symbolic and metaphoric aspects in the story. Trauma theory has been used to formalize the historical events which people after long span of time would have forgotten and the literary writing would be a testimony of this historical event. It has been used to focalize those events in the literary forms. The story as a piece of art has stood as a symbolical and metaphorical discourse to scrutinize the minor details that might have happened around two decades ago. Caruth’s classic form of trauma theory has been applied as a medium to pinpoint the painful experiences of a dutiful security person as well as to evaluate writing the past event as a testimony would resolve the issue or exasperate the situation further.

‘Text-To-Text’ Metaphor As An Aspect Of Meaning Making In Osundare’s Poetry: A Stylistic Examination

This paper analyses pre-existing texts as rhetorical signifiers of meaning in Osundare’s poetic oeuvre. These texts are recreated and appropriated as a metaphorical representation of meaning within the cultural context of use in Osundare’s poetry. I engage this as an aspect of Osundare’s literary idiolect because, in -spite of the body of scholarship in Osundare studies, the deployment of these pre-existing texts as metaphorical tropes of meaning in Osundare has yet to be analytically examined. For analytical convenience, the topology of Osundare’s metaphor design can largely be conceived as a matrix of two creative formats: ‘text-to-text’ and ‘word-to-word’ frames, and the former, being under-examined, forms the focus of this paper. Metaphoric abstractions from existing prime and second-order texts are what we described as ‘text-to-text’ metaphors. This is when pre-existing texts or phenomena like proverbs and oral tales (second-order texts), and actual events (prime-order texts) existing in the culture are manipulated and textualized for meaning in the process of poetic composition.

Certain specifics of the metaphorical representation of the concept "success" in American linguistic culture

The objective of the article is to analyze the metaphorical representation of the concept «success» in American linguistic culture. The material for the analysis is aphorisms, quotes, books on success in English. The study is based on the analysis of statements, in which the lexical unit «success», as well as its synonymic variants are considered as part of the metaphorical expression.
 For American society «success» is one of the most important components of culture, so it is interesting to observe what place in the everyday consciousness of the American takes the advancement to success and how success is conceptualized by means of language. Consideration of the metaphorical content of the concept of «success» in different languages allows us to take a deeper look at its content and to describe the national and cultural peculiarities.
 The methodology for studying cultural dominants is in the form of sampling lexical, paremic, phraseological units, sayings and quotations from success literature, blogs, and the electronic Corpus of Contemporary American English.
 The results of the study showed that the concept «success» metaphorically acts as an object, is likened to a living being, has a moving intentionality, is verbalized by a variety of metaphors, including ontological. The basic projections of the concept «success» were revealed. The frequency of projecting success through failure is several times higher than the number of other projections. This indicates that for the ordinary consciousness of the American, failure is one of the essential markers of success.

Representation of Ethno-Kultural Metaphors in Chechen Poetry

The author in the article considers the uniqueness of the Chechen poetic picture of the world and the role of metaphor as a figurative means and mechanism of thinking in the translation of ethnocultural meanings. Based on the analysis of the poetic works of Chechen authors, dominant metaphor concepts in Chechen poetry are distinguished, an attempt is made to establish the system, internal structure and connections of metaphorical models, reveal their mental intentions and determine the role of metaphor in creating imagery in the artistic structure of a lyrical text. A practical analysis of the representation of basic ethno-cultural metaphors in a poetic work is carried out on the material of the lyrics of the classics of Chechen literature by M. Isaeva, Sh. Aishanova, A. Dudaeva, M. Mamakaeva, etc. It is revealed how metaphor participates in the creation of artistic reality, how the idea of metaphor, which has developed in cognitive linguistics, correlates with the realization of the symbolic load of the image in the lyrical text. The author defines the dominant ethno-cultural metaphors of the Chechen ethnos “mountain, tower, river, burka, papakha, dzhigit (monk), wolf, eagle” and a number of others and correlates them with the national axiological scale, namely its categories such as “freedom, fearlessness, inflexibility, love for the native land, protection of the motherland, honor, dignity” and others. Attention is drawn to the fact that the author’s picture of the world is under the unconscious influence of his ethnic worldview. The analysis allows us to conclude that the Chechen poetic text implements a single metaphorical complex in which the basic ethno-cultural concepts of the Chechen linguistic worldview interact, complementing and enriching each other.

Metaphorising the Nigerian Space: A Critical Stylistic Study of Stephen Kekeghe’s Rumbling Sky

This paper examines the metaphorical representation of the socio-political and religious space, Nigeria, in Stephen Kekeghe’s award-winning collection of poems, Rumbling Sky (2020). Contemporary Nigerian space has been plagued with social, political, and religious vices such as election malpractices, corruption, religious intolerance, cyberspace crime, farmers-herders clash, secessionist claims, kidnapping, killings, and terrorist activities, just to name a few. Writers from different genres of literature have captured these vices in their creative output and critics have remained committed to such writings. This paper examines several vices that ravage the Nigerian space which are reflected and represented in Stephen Kekeghe’s Rumbling Sky, poems that received accolade by the 2020 Association of Nigerian Authors. The analysis of poems, therefore, employs critical stylistics and applies the conceptual metaphor approach as its framework, adopting Naming and Describing as its critical stylistic textual-conceptual function. The findings reveal that Stephen Kekeghe’s Rumbling Sky might better be considered as an adequate representation and reflection of the contemporary Nigerian space in poetry. It further reveals that the ills of the political ruling class and the tacit connivance of the Nigerian presidency are responsible for the perpetuation of social, political, and religious vices. Keywords: conceptual metaphor; critical stylistics; Nigerian space; socio-political vices; Rumbling Sky

BLADE RUNNER 2049: A CASE STUDY OF AVANT-GARDE STORYTELLING

Dark yet enlightening, cruel yet humane, ambiguous yet clear and finally calm yet pacy; Blade Runner 2049 (2017) hits hard and in the right places. It redefines the concept of humanity in all its forms in addition to posing several existential and nihilistic questions Richards (2017). However, what is more striking is how it makes people go back to the basics and recalibrate their notions on what is humane and what is not. Denis Villeneuve’s futuristic tryst with gloom and doom is as disturbing as it is emotionally stirring. However, Blade Runner 2049 is also a definite attempt at avant-garde storytelling Guillen (2017). An unconventional cinematography, stunning visual effects, a distinctly experimental plotline, and a visible contempt for conventionality mark the movie’s diegesis. The movie also projects a dystopian world view – one that seems futuristic albeit being quintessentially contemporary Zhang (2017). In fact, Blade Runner 2049 remains loyal to the setting projected by the original version (Blade Runner) that came out in 1982 Propes (2021). A careful analysis reveals that the movie is nothing but a commentary on multiple issues including feminism, social decay, delinquency, imperialism, and brute exploitation. In a subtle way, the movie could also be a metaphorical representation of the unhindered march of science and technology, albeit at times with disastrous consequences. This paper makes a nuanced effort at dissecting the movie using two of the most well-known film theories – the Auteur Theory and the Feminist Film Theory. In the process, the paper also tries to segregate the avant-garde elements in the movie and establish it as a distinct case of novel narrative structure.

From the Stage to the High Seas: Concluding Thoughts on the Present and Future of EU Legal Studies

Difference between social science analyses of law and legal analyses – Theatre metaphor to understand the difference – Internal and external points of view – Necessity for legal analysis to use materials lying outside the classical pyramid of formal sources – Overview of the spectrum of legal research – Legally relevant texts and practices – Interdisciplinary approaches to law and lawyers’ disciplinary edge.

Exploring Metaphorical Representations of Law and Order in China’s Government Work Reports: A Corpus-based Diachronic Analysis of Legal Metaphors

ABSTRACT The present study has conducted a diachronic analysis of law and order metaphors in a self-compiled corpus of China’s Government Work Reports (CGWR) over a span of 22 years (2000–2021). By mapping target domains with source domains, we categorized four major types of legal metaphors, including building, physical object, journey, and living being, among which physical object was overwhelmingly predominant. Our analysis suggests metaphorical expressions that highlight physicality more than specificity will constantly remain in use because the stability and universality of such metaphors are conducive to the dissemination and reinforcement of legal thoughts. Additionally, there is a direct correlation between legal metaphors and the government’s economic, political, and social concerns, as evidenced by increasing attention paid to various security issues and new challenges in China. Given that the rule of law with Chinese characteristics becomes more institutionally recognized and systematically theorized, legal metaphors are implemented in a top-down manner to justify the exercise of power in CGWRs, making Chinese people identified with the governing philosophy and further contributing to the ideological construction of discourse. This study is thus conducive to a general but insightful understanding of how political stances are embodied and reinforced persuasively in discourse.

초등학생들의 영재학생에 관한 은유적 표상

본 연구는 국내 초등학생들이 인식하고 있는 영재학생에 대한 이미지를 메타포 분석을 통해 질적으로 탐색한 연구이다. 연구를 위해 전라지역 한 초등학교의 6학년 학생 195명이 참여하였으며 영재학생에 대한 인식을 은유적으로 표현하고 그 이유를 설명할 수 있도록 개방형 질문을 제시하였다. 수집된 자료를 반복적으로 비교하여 분석한 결과 총 13가지 주제의 메타포가 나타났으며 이를 구별되는 영재, 노력하는 영재, 능력을 발휘하는 영재, 보물 같은 영재의 4가지 관점으로 범주화할 수 있었다. 이 중 가장 많은 비중을 차지하는 관점은 능력을 발휘하는 영재 관점이었다. 또한 성별, 주변인의 영재교육 경험 여부, 매체를 통한 영재 사례 경험 여부에 관계없이 매우 정형화된 영재 이미지를 가지고 있음이 확인되었다. 이 연구는 영재학생에 대한 이미지 및 편견을 파악하여 이를 개선하는 한편, 영재학생의 일반학급 적응을 돕는 방안을 마련하는 데에 기초자료로 활용될 수 있다.

Approaching Metaphorical Terms in Subject-specific Terminologies (Geologic and Geodetic): Semantic and Structural Aspects

Terminological metaphors appear as a result of terminologisation, the process when commonly used words acquire special meaning, specific to a certain area of science. The mechanism of metaphoric representation of subject-specific concepts is based on certain associations (form, shape, function, structure, etc.). Terminological metaphors constitute an essential part of professional vocabulary being the means that help to facilitate nomination and understanding of subject-specific concepts, objects and processes for both specialists and non-professionals. This paper examines metaphorical terms in the domain of two subject-specific terminologies – geodetic and geological. The main objective of the research is to analyze terminological units of metaphorical character extracted from dictionaries and related reference literature in geodesy and geology, to determine their structural and semantic peculiarities, as well as their productivity. Metaphors under study have been investigated in accordance with semantic, structural and morphological approaches. The quantative analysis and the method of calculations have been applied to establish the productivity of different semantic and structural models of the terms. It has been found out that anthropological metaphorical terms prevail in geodetic and geologic terminologies. The vocabulary under study comprises one-stem terms, compound terms and terminological word combinations of metaphorical character. The latter ones turned out to be dominant. The results of the data analysis indicate that the number of noun models exceeds in both terminological systems.