Bird-Related Proverbs in English and Kabyle: A Cross-cultural Cognitive Study
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Date
2021
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Mouloud Mammeri University OF Tizi-Ouzou
Abstract
Various cross-cultural cognitive studies have been conducted on conceptual metaphors within
animal-related proverbs. This work was an attempt to investigate the different conceptual
mappings within bird-related proverbs and the influences culture has on the mapping process
in both English and Kabyle languages. To meet this objective, I have used both the
Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) and the Cultural Cognitive Theory (CCT). The study
covers a limited number of birds, including the general concept BIRD, HEN, COCK,
EAGLE, CROW found in both languages, and a contrast between the GOOSE in the English
language and the GUINEAFOWL in the Kabyle language. The results of the study revealed
that both English and Kabyle do not share any similar conceptual mappings in all the bird
metaphors. In addition, these differences in conceptual mappings are influenced by
sociocultural factors such as power relations. Furthermore, I came to the conclusion that the
conceptual metaphors within English and Kabyle bird-related proverbs are highly culture
specific and do not reflect any universal aspect apart from the similar use of the source
domain BIRD.
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75p. ; 30cm.+(cd)
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Metaphor, Cognition, Culture, Conceptual mappings, Contrastive Analysis , Bird-related proverbs, English, Kabyle
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Language and Communication