Today, study of metaphor in various fields of language has received much attention; undoubtedly emotion is one of the most important ones. In this study, sadness and happiness in everyday speech are surveyed based on a cognitive framework. The most common source domains used in conceptualizing these two emotions are determined. Then emotion metaphors are divided into 3 groups based on Kövecses model to see most of these metaphors are placed within which group. Required data has been gathered from Tehran. Generally, 125 expressions are analyzed; 81 expressions are related to sadness and 44 expressions are related to happiness.
malekian, M. and Sasani, F. (2013). Metaphorical Expression of Sadness and Happiness in Everyday Speech. Comparative Linguistic Research, 3(5), 114-139.
MLA
malekian, M. , and Sasani, F. . "Metaphorical Expression of Sadness and Happiness in Everyday Speech", Comparative Linguistic Research, 3, 5, 2013, 114-139.
HARVARD
malekian, M., Sasani, F. (2013). 'Metaphorical Expression of Sadness and Happiness in Everyday Speech', Comparative Linguistic Research, 3(5), pp. 114-139.
CHICAGO
M. malekian and F. Sasani, "Metaphorical Expression of Sadness and Happiness in Everyday Speech," Comparative Linguistic Research, 3 5 (2013): 114-139,
VANCOUVER
malekian, M., Sasani, F. Metaphorical Expression of Sadness and Happiness in Everyday Speech. Comparative Linguistic Research, 2013; 3(5): 114-139.
