The art of baring emotions through metaphors: An analysis of love metaphors found in La La Land’s soundtrack.
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The art of baring emotions through metaphors: An analysis of love metaphors found in La La Land’s soundtrack.Autoría
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2018Editor
Publicacions de la Universitat Jaume IISSN
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GARDE LUCAS, Lucía (2018). The art of baring emotions through metaphors: An analysis of love metaphors found in La La Land’s soundtrack. Fòrum de recerca, n. 23, p. 295-310Tipo de documento
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We can express our thoughts and feelings through language in a
more effective and powerful way thanks to metaphors (Lakoff and
Johnson 1980). In other words, metaphors are not just used as a
mere ... [+]
We can express our thoughts and feelings through language in a
more effective and powerful way thanks to metaphors (Lakoff and
Johnson 1980). In other words, metaphors are not just used as a
mere ornamental device but as a forceful cognitive tool to reason
and comprehend our socio-physical experiences with the world
(Evans and Green 2006, Kövecses 2002). In this line, musical romantic
films may be said to transport the viewer to a world of music and
dance in which emotions can be conveyed using metaphors by
means of lyrics. The aim of this study is to disclose linguistic evidence
of LOVE conceptual metaphors appearing in the soundtrack of the film
La La Land (Berger and Chazelle 2016). In order to do so, a series of
linguistic metaphors were identified in the lyrics. Then, the
conceptual metaphors on which the metaphorical expressions were
based were carefully analysed by unveiling the source and target
domain (e.g. LOVE IS AN OBJECT, LOVE IS A FIRE, among others) and the
type of metaphor (structural, ontological or orientational).
Thereupon, the most relevant mappings were illustrated so as to
elucidate the conceptual projections among domains that help us to
conceptualise and comprehend the domain of LOVE. Overall, the
results obtained contribute to a better understanding of how we
construe and reason about the cognitive domain of LOVE in terms of
other domains of experience, which, in turn, gives rise to
metaphorical expressions. [-]
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XXIII Jornades de Foment de la Investigació de la Facultat de Ciències Humanes i Socials (Any 2018)
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Fòrum de recerca, 2018, núm. 23Derechos de acceso
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