A corpus-based look at time metaphors

  1. Javier Valenzuela
  2. Rosa Illán
Libro:
Time Representations in the Perspective of Human Creativity

Año de publicación: 2022

Páginas: 15-40

Tipo: Capítulo de Libro

DOI: 10.1075/HCP.75.01VAL SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-85142413686 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Resumen

Motion-based metaphors of time have been thoroughly discussed in the literature, but some aspects still remain underexplored. The present chapter addresses one of these areas, namely, the lexical richness of the motion verbs found in temporal expressions. We present the findings of a corpus study of motion expressions of time in television news. Using a large set of data, we show that motion verbs that are not conventionally associated with the expression of time, such as crawl and roll, are used alongside the more typical ones (e.g., come, approach). The results suggest that language users are in fact far more creative than it has been assumed so far, thus challenging what is typically perceived as an everyday metaphor of time.

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This work was supported by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Agencia Estatal de Investigación and FEDER/UE funds (grant number PGC2018-1551 097658-B-100) and the Fundación Séneca, Región de Murcia (Spain) (grant number 20743/FPI/18).

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