Metaphor and cultural conceptualisations of death: The case of Chinese eulogistic expressions

LU, Wei-lun. Metaphor and cultural conceptualisations of death: The case of Chinese eulogistic expressions. In Researching and Applying Metaphor 11, Berlin (Germany), 01-04 07 2016. 2016.

Basic information

Original name

Metaphor and cultural conceptualisations of death: The case of Chinese eulogistic expressions

Authors

LU, Wei-lun

Edition

Researching and Applying Metaphor 11, Berlin (Germany), 01-04 07 2016, 2016

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60200 6.2 Languages and Literature

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

death; metaphor; cognitive linguistics

Tags

International impact, Reviewed

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Abstract

V originále

In the talk, I discuss the role of metaphor in cultural conceptualisations of death by analyzing Chinese eulogistic expressions delivered at funerals. Death is the central issue that all cultures have to deal with, with metaphor being an essential part in helping people conceptualize it. In this connection, eulogies delivered at funerals, as language used by the living to talk about the deceased, provides an empirical basis for investigating cultural conceptualizations of death by examining how they actually verbalize death in a real socio-cultural setting.