Metaphors of time across cultures

TIME is a highly abstract concept and prevalent in languages worldwide. Cross-cultural and cross-linguistic research suggests that TIME is embodied dissimilarly in different languages. Still the literature has not received sufficient attention in examining the differences. This study aimed to identify and compare how TIME is metaphorically represented and embodied worldwide. We investigated 14 languages; Arabic, Assamese, Chinese, English, Finnish, French, German, Japanese, Kikuyu, Persian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Swedish, which represent nine language families. The metaphors were categorized conceptually as TIME IS AN ORGANISM, TIME IS MOTION, TIME IS SPACE, and TIME IS A VALUABLE COMMODITY. We employed a two-part paper-based task. The first part consisted of generation of metaphor items and the second part consisted of a valence rating task. The key variables considered were 'metaphor category' and 'language family' while controlling for demographic variables such as gender, age and handedness. Data from 513 participants were collected. Results showed a significant association between language categories and the valences of time metaphors. The data of this study suggest that within the languages of a certain category, there might be some similarity between the valences of words that are used to realize a given conceptual metaphor.

Banaruee, HassanUniv Bonn, Germany (författare)
Reali, FlorenciaUniv Los Andes, Colombia (författare)
Tirado, CarlosLinköpings universitet,Avdelningen för funktionsnedsättning och samhälle,Filosofiska fakulteten(Swepub:liu)carti88 (författare)
Ruiz-Fernández, SusanaFOM Univ Appl Sci, Germany (författare)
Yamada, YukiKyushu Univ, Japan (författare)
Wang, RuimingSouth China Normal Univ, Peoples R China (författare)
Nicolas, RobinUniv Antilles, France (författare)
Khwaileh, TariqQatar Univ, Qatar (författare)
Szychowska, Malina,1991-Stockholms universitet,Perception och psykofysik,Stockholm Univ, Sweden(Swepub:su)masz6827 (författare)
Vestlund, JohannaKarolinska Inst, Sweden (författare)
Correa, Juan C.CESA Business Sch, Colombia (författare)
Farsani, DanyalUniv Finis Terrae, Chile (författare)
Butcher, NatalieTeesside Univ, England (författare)
Som, BidishaIndian Inst Technol Guwahati, India (författare)
Volkonskii, IvanRussian Presidential Acad Natl Econ & Publ Adm, Russia (författare)
Plevoets, KoenUniv Ghent, Belgium; Univ Ghent, Belgium (författare)
Marmolejo-Ramos, FernandoUniv South Australia Online, Australia (författare)
Univ Elect Sci & Technol China, Peoples R ChinaUniv Bonn, Germany (creator_code:org_t)

Ingår i:Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science: Springer Nature7, s. 219-2312520-100X

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