TITLE:
Quantitative Study of the Metaphorical Projections of Zeit (Time) in Der Zauberberg by Thomas Mann
AUTHORS:
Mayté Morales, Juani Guerra
KEYWORDS:
Cognitive Linguistics, Conceptual Metaphor, Metaphor Analysis, Literature, Der Zauberberg, Thomas Mann
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Modern Linguistics,
Vol.11 No.5,
September
17,
2021
ABSTRACT: In this article we will analyze, in a delimited corpus of narrative production, how the notion of time is organized in complex interaction with our cognitive conceptual system. The analyzed corpus belongs to the novel Der Zauberberg by Thomas Mann, which is a masterpiece of this author. The aim is to map the metaphorical network that projects the concept TIME in Der Zauberberg. A metaphorical system refers to the network of metaphors that looms over a concept to co-create it. Different authors have studied the organization of these metaphorical systems, especially in the domain of emotions (Barcelona, 1986; Lakoff & Kövecses, 1987). In order to bring to light the metaphorical system of Der Zauberberg, we have extracted the complete set of metaphorical expressions of TIME from the German original version of Der Zauberberg. These expressions have been located and systematized according to the conceptual metaphor to which they belong. We have been categorizing the linguistic expressions of the corpus of study, following the typology of Lakoff and Johnson (1980) and their developments. This study builds on relevant research questions and findings on how metaphorical networks work and also how they co-create a concept, which is, in this case, the concept of TIME (Zeit).