Boot metaphor as a mean of conceptualizing emotions (based on the book by J. S. Foer “Extremely loud and incredibly close”)
https://doi.org/10.18384/2310-712X-2022-3-65-73
Abstract
Aim. The study focuses on the problem of metaphorical conceptualization of emotions by means of the boot metaphor. The analysis is based on the book of J. S. Foer “Extremely loud and incredibly close”.
Methodology. The paper examines the social and cultural context that shapes the interpretation of shoes in general and help to verbalize emotions by using the boot metaphor. The study comments on the metaphorical repertoire of J. S. Foer. The methodology includes descriptive and continuous sampling methods.
Results. The author concludes that the boot metaphor is rather productive for describing various emotional states within the novel “Extremely loud and incredibly close”. Such boot metaphors are often used by J. S. Foer to describe negative feelings.
Research implications lie in the enriching knowledge about unconventional author's metaphors for describing the emotional state. The findings may be used in university and postgraduate studies as well as in research of the English language, stylistics, text theory, and the theory of cognitive metaphor.
About the Author
А. G. Smirnova
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anna G. Smirnova – Postgraduate student, Doctoral School of Philology
Myasnitskaya ulitsa 20, Moscow 101000
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