<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Under the theoretical wing of Conceptual Metaphor Theory, we present a contrastive cognitive and linguistic analysis of the <sc>women are animals</sc> metaphor as used in Romanian and Serbian. Our main aim is to establish whether the names of the same animals are used in the two languages to conceptualise women and their various characteristics (particularly physical appearance and character traits), or alternatively, whether the two languages exhibit any linguistic or conceptual differences in this regard.</p></abstract>

Under the theoretical wing of Conceptual Metaphor Theory, we present a contrastive cognitive and linguistic analysis of the women are animals metaphor as used in Romanian and Serbian. Our main aim is to establish whether the names of the same animals are used in the two languages to conceptualise women and their various characteristics (particularly physical appearance and character traits), or alternatively, whether the two languages exhibit any linguistic or conceptual differences in this regard.

<italic>Beauty And The Beast</italic> From A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective: Animal Metaphors For Women In Serbian And Romanian

Politehnica University Timişoara, 2, Victoriei Sq, 300006 Timişoara, Romania

University of Belgrade, Serbia, 6, Kamenička St., Belgrade, Serbia

Gender Studies

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 From A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective: Animal Metaphors For Women In Serbian And Romanian

Under the theoretical wing of Conceptual Metaphor Theory, we present a contrastive cognitive and linguistic analysis of the women are animals metaphor as used...

Beauty And The Beast From A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective: Animal Metaphors For Women In Serbian And Romanian

Published Online: Mar 25, 2015

Page range: 163 - 178

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2015-0012

Keywords
animal metaphor, Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Romanian, Serbian, women

© ANNAMARIA KILYENI et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Beauty And The Beast From A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective: Animal Metaphors For Women In Serbian And Romanian

Published Online: Mar 25, 2015

Page range: 163 - 178

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/genst-2015-0012

Keywordsanimal metaphor, Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Romanian, Serbian, women

© ANNAMARIA KILYENI et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
animal metaphor, Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Romanian, Serbian, women