Conceptual metaphors of coldness in english and arabic

Abstract EN

This study deals with Conceptual Metaphor as a cognitive phenomenon which is the main part of our conceptual system.

Metaphor is used to express and realize the and complex concepts in terms of concrete ones.

Conceptual Metaphor depends on the systematic mappings between the two domains.

The current study presents a contrastive analysis of conceptual metaphors of temperature related expressions particularly (Coldness)in English and Arabic languages.

Its main purpose is to seek the similarities and differences in the two languages.

This study examines the shared and cultural-specific conceptual metaphors, and the extent to which the difference in conceptual metaphors can be related to cultural and physiological factors.

The study hypothesizes the following for the aims to be achieved: (1) human tend to represent emotions by utilizing source domains that are grounded in their experience.

(2) English and Arabic have similarities and differences in highlighting and utilizing temperature concepts to understand domains.

The main conclusions in this study are: (1) English and Arabic have similarities in conceptual metaphors.

The reason behind these similarities is because they are embodied and grounded in human's experience.

(2) There are certain differences in both languages in conceptualizing certain target domains due to cultural differences.