SPACE/MOTION/TIME MAPPINGS IN THE REPRESENTATION OF FUTURE TIME IN ENGLISH: THE ROLE OF CONTEXT
SPACE/MOTION/TIME MAPPINGS IN THE REPRESENTATION OF FUTURE TIME IN ENGLISH: THE ROLE OF CONTEXT
Author(s): Diane PonterottoSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: Space/Motion/Time construals; Future; Conceptual Metaphor; Context; English.
Summary/Abstract: Space/Motion/Time mappings in the representation of future time in English: the role of context. This paper addresses the expression of future time in English as related to a Conceptual Metaphor, THE FUTURE IS AHEAD, a construal lexicalized in numerous common utterances like a bright future ahead of her, or the future ahead of me. It is argued that Time is conceptualized as a complex metaphorical network whose SPACE/MOTION/TIME mappings are regulated by the subject's context-dependent perception of the temporal situation.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Philologia
- Issue Year: 63/2018
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 295-318
- Page Count: 24
- Language: English
