Abstract Concrete Target Domain Source Domain Love Is A Journey

A mapping is the systematic set of correspondences that exist between constituent elements of the source. Were at a cross roads. The target domain is the domain that we try to understand through the use of the source domain zoltan koevecses metaphor.

Its been a long bumpy road.

Abstract concrete target domain source domain love is a journey. Look how far weve come. In other words there is a mapping or a projection between the source domain and the target domain. In the course of metaphorical processes the source domain corresponds to the target domain. Thus life arguments love.

In the exam ple. The target domain x is understood in terms of the source domain y. Love is a journey source domain target domain journey love travelers lovers destination goals vehicle relationship impediments difficulties expressions of the metaphor our relationship has hit a dead end street. Theory ideas social organizations and others are target domains while journeys war buildings food plants and others are source domains.

The source domain is a concrete domain while the targe t is an abstract one. For example in the case of the metaphorical concept mentioned above love is the target domain whereas journey is the source domain. Conceptual metaphor life is a journey the domain of journey is much more concrete than. The target domain and the source domain.

Metaphors connect two conceptual domains. We cant turn back now. Oxford university press 2002. Metaphors link two conceptual domains the source domain typically consisting of literal and concrete entities and relationships and the target domain often a concept more abstract or less amenable to a simple description such as love or anger.

The conceptual domain that we try to understand eg love is a journey. What is concrete and what is abstract in love is a journey metaphor. The target domain takes its structure and.