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The conceptualization of COVID-19 in English and Kurdish online newspaper articles : a cognitive semantic approach
Other Title(s)
تصور كوفيد-19 في مقالات الصحف الإلكترونية الإنكليزية و الكوردية : نهج الدلالة المعرفية
Author
Abd Allah, Ismail Abd al-Rahman
Source
ZANCO Journal of Humanity Sciences
Issue
Vol. 24, Issue 6 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.251-271, 21 p.
Publisher
Salahaddin University-Erbil Department of Scientific Publications
Publication Date
2020-12-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
21
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
One of the principles of cognitive linguistics and cognitive semantics is that human language is metaphorical in nature and meaning does not only reside in the linguistic items but also in the language users’ conceptualizations against the situations and events.
Metaphor is one means of conceptualization.
The cognitive semantic theory of metaphors is known as Lakoff and Johnson’s Conceptual Metaphor Theory.
According to this theory, metaphor is a mental process of understanding one domain in terms of another.
Based on this, the present study is an attempt to examine the ways via which the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been conceptualized in the Kurdish and English e-newspaper articles.
The articles have been taken from the online English and Kurdish newspapers such as BBC, the New York Times, Rudaw, NRT, Kurdiu, Kurdistan24, and many others.
It has been hypothesized that, like any other concepts, COVID-19 is metaphorically understood and its meaning does not only confine in the term.
It has been concluded that this epidemic disease can be, based on the construals and perspectives the conceptualizers take, understood in terms of different concepts such as WAR, FIRE, ADVERSARY, GUEST, REVENGE, DARKNESS, JOURNEY, etc., each of which is based on the background of the subject matter of the online newspaper articles as well as culture and our experiences with COVID-19.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abd Allah, Ismail Abd al-Rahman. 2020. The conceptualization of COVID-19 in English and Kurdish online newspaper articles : a cognitive semantic approach. ZANCO Journal of Humanity Sciences،Vol. 24, no. 6, pp.251-271.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1275486
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abd Allah, Ismail Abd al-Rahman. The conceptualization of COVID-19 in English and Kurdish online newspaper articles : a cognitive semantic approach. ZANCO Journal of Humanity Sciences Vol. 24, no. 6 (2020), pp.251-271.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1275486
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abd Allah, Ismail Abd al-Rahman. The conceptualization of COVID-19 in English and Kurdish online newspaper articles : a cognitive semantic approach. ZANCO Journal of Humanity Sciences. 2020. Vol. 24, no. 6, pp.251-271.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1275486
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 267-270
Record ID
BIM-1275486