Tempus est pecunia or Tempus est valorem? Conception of Time in the Mentality of a Modern Pole
Tempus est pecunia or Tempus est valorem? Conception of Time in the Mentality of a Modern Pole

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to enquire how a modern Polish man comprehends time. Taken from the cognitive linguistics perspective, the study evolves around time metaphors, extracted from the definitions and the language corpus in Polish. Metaphor is recognised as a useful tool within Critical Metaphor Analysis (CMA) to learn about motives, believes and ideologies. The results obtained in the research yield quantitative data. The metaphors Time is money, Time is a value and Time is a doctor and the best cure can be called ‘shared metaphors’, since they underlie both the dictionary definitions and corpus discourse. We may conclude that these metaphors are conventional, well-grounded in the awareness of contemporary Poles and inspire their ideological motives. Other time metaphors refer to moral and religious values (within the MORALITY and RELIGION frame) and an identity search (within the IDENTITY and PSYCHOLOGY frame). Finally, a few time metaphors derive from everyday functioning and duties of present people (within the DAILY LIFE frame).

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