Comparative Linguistic Research

Comparative Linguistic Research

A Comparison of Life Metaphors in the Thought of Hafez and Fereydoon Moshiri

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Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Leila Mohajerani 1
Arasalan Golfam 2
Faezeh Farazandehpour 3
1 Ph.D. Candidate, Department of English Language and Linguistics, SR.C., Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran golfamar@modares.ac.ir
3 Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Linguistics, SR.C., Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
10.22084/rjhll.2026.32547.2432
Abstract
One of the most important methods for understanding and expressing the concept of “life” in many languages and cultures is metaphor. Identifying the metaphors that an individual or a society uses to conceptualize life reveals the worldview and perspective of that person or society regarding the category of life. The present study investigates how life is metaphorically conceptualized in the worldview of Hafez and Fereydoon Moshiri. The data consist of metaphorical expressions extracted from all of Hafez’s ghazals and the poems published by Moshiri in the two collections “From Silence” and “The Sin of the Sea,” and they are analyzed within the framework of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980; Kövecses, 2010) and the Charteris-Black approach (2004). The results show that two conceptual keys, “life as a journey” and “life as a place,” play a prominent role in conceptualizing life in the poetry of both poets,
Keywords
metaphorical conceptualization
metaphor
conceptual mapping
life metaphor
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