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Conceptual Metaphors with the Source Domain of Insanity in English and Serbian


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The paper explores the conceptual metaphors with the source domain of insanity in English and Serbian, focusing on the features of the source domain that are transferred into target domains. It is shown that the experience that shapes these metaphors relies on the manifestations of mental illness and the common beliefs about mental illness that hold in both languages.

eISSN:
2286-0428
ISSN:
1584-3734
Sprache:
Englisch
Zeitrahmen der Veröffentlichung:
Volume Open
Fachgebiete der Zeitschrift:
Linguistik und Semiotik, Theorien und Fachgebiete, Linguistik, andere, Germanische Sprachen, Englisch