A frame-semantic approach to conceptual metaphors in the domain of emotion
The article explores the metaphorical conceptualization of emotions. Conceptual metaphors are understood here as frames (i.e., structures of knowledge in long-term memory) in their own right. For modeling both the source and target domains of metaphors, the CoMetNet (Conceptual Metaphor Network) pro...
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| description | The article explores the metaphorical conceptualization of emotions. Conceptual metaphors are understood here as frames (i.e., structures of knowledge in long-term memory) in their own right. For modeling both the source and target domains of metaphors, the CoMetNet (Conceptual Metaphor Network) project uses frames documented in the German FrameNet-Constructicon project in spite of ad hoc created domains in previous literature. By doing so, it strives for a more empirically motivated description of conceptual metaphors. Drawing on a specialized corpus, it is shown that (1) our frame-semantic approach permits addressing the status of emotion concepts in the conceptual and linguistic system. More specifically, it shows that (2) frame elements (FEs) reflect adequately which aspects are relevant in the conceptualization of emotions and that (3) the complexity of emotion concepts can be thought of as an interplay between (different types of) frames. However, there are still some challenges for CoMetNet, e.g., the frame-semantic description of emotion metaphors that draw on highly schematic and scalar source domains. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-222fdfbc07694143ab04a4561f6cd0302025-01-16T21:50:40ZengCambridge University PressLanguage and Cognition1866-98081866-98592025-01-011710.1017/langcog.2024.37A frame-semantic approach to conceptual metaphors in the domain of emotionPhillip A. Neumair0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6243-1461Fiona M. Gehrecke1Stefan Hartmann2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1186-7182Alexander Ziem3Institute of German Language and Linguistics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GermanyInstitute of German Language and Linguistics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GermanyInstitute of German Language and Linguistics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GermanyInstitute of German Language and Linguistics, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GermanyThe article explores the metaphorical conceptualization of emotions. Conceptual metaphors are understood here as frames (i.e., structures of knowledge in long-term memory) in their own right. For modeling both the source and target domains of metaphors, the CoMetNet (Conceptual Metaphor Network) project uses frames documented in the German FrameNet-Constructicon project in spite of ad hoc created domains in previous literature. By doing so, it strives for a more empirically motivated description of conceptual metaphors. Drawing on a specialized corpus, it is shown that (1) our frame-semantic approach permits addressing the status of emotion concepts in the conceptual and linguistic system. More specifically, it shows that (2) frame elements (FEs) reflect adequately which aspects are relevant in the conceptualization of emotions and that (3) the complexity of emotion concepts can be thought of as an interplay between (different types of) frames. However, there are still some challenges for CoMetNet, e.g., the frame-semantic description of emotion metaphors that draw on highly schematic and scalar source domains.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1866980824000371/type/journal_articleconceptual metaphorconstructicographyemotionsframe semanticsGerman FrameNet-Constructicon |
| spellingShingle | Phillip A. Neumair Fiona M. Gehrecke Stefan Hartmann Alexander Ziem A frame-semantic approach to conceptual metaphors in the domain of emotion Language and Cognition conceptual metaphor constructicography emotions frame semantics German FrameNet-Constructicon |
| title | A frame-semantic approach to conceptual metaphors in the domain of emotion |
| title_full | A frame-semantic approach to conceptual metaphors in the domain of emotion |
| title_fullStr | A frame-semantic approach to conceptual metaphors in the domain of emotion |
| title_full_unstemmed | A frame-semantic approach to conceptual metaphors in the domain of emotion |
| title_short | A frame-semantic approach to conceptual metaphors in the domain of emotion |
| title_sort | frame semantic approach to conceptual metaphors in the domain of emotion |
| topic | conceptual metaphor constructicography emotions frame semantics German FrameNet-Constructicon |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1866980824000371/type/journal_article |
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