A cognitive stylistic study of embodiment image schemas in selected biblical condolences expressions

الملخص EN

The present study aims to investigate the prevalence and embodiment scope of image schemas in selected Biblical condolence expressions.

It attempts to answer the following questions:(1) What are the schemas that embody the experience and things involved in the conceptualization of these expressions? (2) Do their occurrences show statistically (in)significant differences? (3) What are the image schemas used most frequently in these expressions? (4) What are the scopes of their embodiment? Consequently, it is hypothesized that: (1) different image schemas are conceptually activated to perceive things and experiences involved in the selected data; (2) their occurrences show different statistic (in)significant differences; (3) both CONTAINER and PATH schemas have the two first ranks of occurrences among other schemas; and (4)their embodiment scopes differ and they are limited mostly to one thing or experience.

The study adopts Mark Johnson's Image Schema Theory (1987) and Evans and Greens' list of image schemas (2006:190) for achieving the aims of the study.

The results of the quantitative and qualitative analysis validate these hypotheses