SOME ASPECTS OF THE UNIVERSAL CONCEPTS “LIFE” AND “DEATH” IN THE NOVEL “THE HOURS” BY MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM

Authors
N.V. Kopejkina
Affiliation
MSU
Issue 1011
Pages
58-66

In the article one of the aspects of the universal concepts “Life” and “Death” is studied – the conceptual metaphor “Life is ordinariness, Death is talent”. The article shows that the concept “Life” possesses negative connotations, while the connotations connected with the concept “Death” are mainly positive.

Keywords
cognitive linguistics
concept
universal concept
conceptual worldview
conceptual metaphor
PDF file
08 Issue 10.pdf
For citation

Kopejkina, N.V. (2015). Some aspects of the universal concepts “life” and “death” in the novel “the hours” by Michael Cunningham. Issues of Applied Linguistics, 10, 58-66.

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