The role of metaphorisation processes in verbs prefixed with el-
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https://doi.org/10.18349/MagyarNyelv.2023.3.285Keywords:
metaphorisation, orientational metaphors, image schema metaphors, prefixed verbs with el-, linguistic representationAbstract
Drawing on the full set of verbs prefixed with el-, the paper uses a cognitive framework to explore the role of metaphorisation in meaning making, focusing on the source–path–goal schema. According to its basic idea, functions expressing a specific change of direction carry various image schemas, and groups of metaphorical meanings are linguistic representations of conceptual metaphors exploiting image schemas as source domains. This approach has shed light on the organic relationship between concrete and abstract meanings and has clarified that verbs prefixed with el- represent a wide range of events and states associated with the concept of bad. Examples include cessation/physical destruction is moving away; isolation is moving away; fear, the emergence of fear is moving away; unconsciousness is moving away; error/bad is moving away from the straight direction; bad, the attainment of a defective state is moving away, etc.
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