CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS: LIFE IS A JOURNEY IN DOCTOR MARIGOLD BY CHARLES DICKENS

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dc.contributor.authorKyriakakis, Efstratios
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-01T06:40:13Z
dc.date.available2025-08-01T06:40:13Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores the application of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) to the language and narrative structure of Charles Dickens’ short story Doctor Marigold. It identifies and discusses some of the numerous correspondences between the source domain and target domain which underpin the structural metaphor LIFE IS A JOURNEY, such as THE PERSON LEADING A LIFE IS A TRAVELER, HIS PURPOSES ARE DESTINATIONS, THE MEANS OF ACHIEVING PURPOSES ARE ROUTES, etc. The analysis establishes the rich mapping nature of the LIFE IS A JOURNEY metaphor which might provide an explanation for its being an entrenched metaphor. This metaphor also structures the whole narrative of the short story. The linguistic evidence and the narrative structure reveal the cognitive processes in which both everyday and literary language are grounded.
dc.identifier.issn3033-0181
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.uni-plovdiv.bg/handle/store/691
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherPlovdiv University Press
dc.subjectconceptual metaphor
dc.subjectcognitive unconscious
dc.subjectLIFE IS A JOURNEY
dc.subjectcognitive domains
dc.subjectmapping
dc.subjectnarrative structure
dc.titleCONCEPTUAL METAPHORS: LIFE IS A JOURNEY IN DOCTOR MARIGOLD BY CHARLES DICKENS
dc.typeArticle
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