Perception of Women Through Conceptual Metaphor “WOMEN ARE PLANTS”: A Case Study of 20th-Century Vietnamese Literature
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1405.23Keywords:
conceptual metaphor, literature, plants, women, mappingAbstract
Based on the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), the article elucidates the conceptual metaphor “WOMEN ARE PLANTS” in 20th-century Vietnamese literary works. Through the analysis of low-level metaphors, the study focuses on determining the number and frequency of metaphorical linguistic expressions, hence shedding light on cultures and thinking of the Vietnamese community in a correlation between universality and distinctive characteristics of this ethnic group. Different perspectives on women are also revealed.
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