A study on metaphors of love in English songs in the late 20th century from cognitive perspective = Nghiên cứu ẩn dụ về tình yêu và tình nhân trong một số bản tình ca tiếng Anh ở cuối thế kỷ 20 từ góc nhìn tri nhận. M.A. Thesis Linguistics: 60 22 02 01
In this thesis, the researcher has tried to give an overview of the relevant literaturereview in the concernof the knowledge related to metaphorsbasing on the theory of the famous writers, especially Lakoff and Kovecses. This study focuses on the metaphors of love and lovers in the English love so...
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| 總結: | In this thesis, the researcher has tried to give an overview of the relevant literaturereview in the concernof the knowledge related to metaphorsbasing on the theory of the famous writers, especially Lakoff and Kovecses. This study focuses on the metaphors of love and lovers in the English love songs in the late 20th century from the cognitive perspective. It will help the readers have a deeper sight into theoretical knowledge on metaphorsin order to be able to find out, comprehend and analyze the interesting metaphors in songs.The writer also suggestssome suitable ways for learners to learn Englishbetter, for teachers to give the effective lectures and for readers to translate the texts more exactly. n the paper, the researcher introduces, analyzes86quotes from 68 songs in 16 basic sets of metaphors: "Love is a natural phenomenon," "Love is Game", "Love is war "," Love is music "," Love is the light "," Love is the concrete objects, "" Love is madness "," Love isabstract things " "Love is closeness", "Love is heaven", "Love is a religion", "Love is a journey", "Love is living creature", "Love ismagic", and "Love is fire", "Love is high/deep".The researcher clarifies the metaphorical images of love in songs, analyzes and categorizes them into 3 subtypes: ontological, structural or orientational metaphors with 16 sets of metaphors. Then, the writer introduces and explains the ways how these metaphors are used as well astheir artistic value in these songs |
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