CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN ‘THE DEAD OF WINTER’ BY CHRIS PRIESTLEY

Authors

  • Nato Peradze Javakhishvili State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52340/PUTK.2024.2346-8149.09.08

Keywords:

Cognitive metaphor, CMT, The Dead of Winter

Abstract

Children’s Gothic horror literature has been one of the developing directions in children’s literature nowadays. The research below concentrates on the Gothic chiller The Dead of Winter and its analysis within the cognitive metaphor theory (CMT) framework. The study aims to identify creative, conventional linguistic expressions and their corresponding conceptual metaphors. Selected linguistic expressions were grouped into different categories regarding their relevance; specifically, these are metaphors related to setting, natural phenomena, culture, characters, emotions and states. The findings of this study can be employed in different branches of humanities, including linguistic stylistics, cognitive linguistics, and theory of literature.

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Author Biography

Nato Peradze, Javakhishvili State University

The author of this paper is a PhD student and an English teacher at Tbilisi State University, department of English philology. She is currently studying conceptual metaphors in British 21st century children’s Gothic literature.

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Published

2024-09-23

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Peradze, N. (2024). CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN ‘THE DEAD OF WINTER’ BY CHRIS PRIESTLEY. Online Journal of Humanities ETAGTSU, (9), Pages 16. https://doi.org/10.52340/PUTK.2024.2346-8149.09.08

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