CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR OF THE WORD “头 – DAU (HEAD)”IN CHINESE AND VIETNAMESE FROM A COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE
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Keywords: 头 – dau (head); cognitive metaphor; Chinese - VietnameseAbstract
Metaphors are important tools for humans to perceive the world and form concepts. The article applies the conceptual metaphor theory of Lakoff and Johnson (1980) [7] to systematically research the“头 – dau (head)”metaphor in Chinese and Vietnamese. Research results show that both Chinese and Vietnamese people use the word for the human body“头 – dau (head)”as the source domain to build other mapping relationships such as: Not the human body is 头 – dau (head), time is 头 – dau (head), level is 头 – dau (head) and animal is 头 – dau (head) in the target domain. However, due to the limitations that exist in society regarding the objects of perception, both Chinese and Vietnamese have their own ethnic characteristics and the perception of the root domain“头 – dau (head)”beginning is not completely the same. The research results aim to contribute more reference materials in teaching, comparing, and researching foreign languages and cultures in Vietnam.
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