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 (In Persian).
