한ㆍ일신체관용어의개념화 양상 - 존재론적 은유(Ontological metaphors)를 중심으로 -

Abstract

In this study, I have accepted conceptual metaphor theory of Lakoff & Johnson(1980) and defined conceptual metaphor in bodily idioms used conventionally in Korean and Japanese everyday life. I have examined the process of language expressing human thoughts through metaphor and metonymy and investigated the characteristics of the conceptualization process of bodily idioms. As research methods of examples, I have researched idioms containing body parts and classified bodily idioms whose origin domain has something in common by considering the meaning of inflected words. I have established what is found as more than a certain number as the origin domain. Based on this, ontological metaphor in Korean and Japanese bodily idioms is classified as the total 7 origin domains, that is, bowl, food, string, weather, temperature, object, hole. I have continued investigating through these classifications. In addition, on the basis of classified conceptual metaphor, I have also explored what cognitive process the Korean and the Japanese have expressed abstract concepts and physical experiences as bodily idioms through. Now that this study deals with only Korean and Japanese bodily idioms, it cannot apply to all of Korean and Japanese metaphoric expressions including everyday metaphor. However, this study has its significance on examining the conceptualization of Korean and Japanese bodily idioms in terms of cognitive-linguistic view. Therefore, I don't think it is difficult to explore the aspect of how the Korean and the Japanese have conceptualized our body between idioms and cognition.