AT THE CROSSROADS BETWEEN LITERATURE, CULTURE, LINGUISTICS, AND COGNITION: PUNISHMENT AND MORAL METAPHORS IN FAIRY TALES

Abstract: This paper studies how several conceptual metaphors (e.g. MORALITY IS LIGHT, MORALITY IS CLEANLINESS, MORAL FREEDOM IS PHYSICAL FREEDOM, DOING IMMORAL DEEDS IS ACCUMULATING DEBT) are able to account for the basic meaning and interpretation of punishments and moral issues in more than twen...

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Main Author: Javier Herrero Ruiz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Almeria 2017-02-01
Series:Odisea
Online Access:http://ojs.ual.es/ojs/index.php/ODISEA/article/view/151
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spelling doaj-bdb267ceae0641fb96418fa5483a1e262020-11-25T03:04:09ZengUniversidad de AlmeriaOdisea1578-38202174-16112017-02-010911713110.25115/odisea.v0i9.151139AT THE CROSSROADS BETWEEN LITERATURE, CULTURE, LINGUISTICS, AND COGNITION: PUNISHMENT AND MORAL METAPHORS IN FAIRY TALESJavier Herrero Ruiz0Universidad de La RiojaAbstract: This paper studies how several conceptual metaphors (e.g. MORALITY IS LIGHT, MORALITY IS CLEANLINESS, MORAL FREEDOM IS PHYSICAL FREEDOM, DOING IMMORAL DEEDS IS ACCUMULATING DEBT) are able to account for the basic meaning and interpretation of punishments and moral issues in more than twenty popular tales, thus allowing us to explain some of the uncanny elements of tales. The stories, representative of various cultures, have been extracted from the Project Gutenberg online library and belong to the British compiler Andrew Lang (1844-1912). We also suggest that these metaphors, because of their strong experiential grounding, may have contributed to an easier transmission of many fairy tales, and also to make tales alike in different socio-cultural settings. Keywords: Conceptual metaphor, moral and punishment, experiential, uncanny, culture, fairy tales. Resumen: En este artículo tratamos de estudiar cómo varias metáforas conceptuales (p.ej. MORALITY IS LIGHT, MORALITY IS CLEANLINESS, MORAL FREEDOM IS PHYSICAL FREEDOM, DOING IMMORAL DEEDS IS ACCUMULATING DEBT) pueden explicar el significado básico y la interpretación de los castigos y la moralidad en más de veinte cuentos populares, lo que nos permite explicar parte de “lo maravilloso” de los cuentos. Los cuentos, representativos de varias culturas, han sido extraídos de la biblioteca electrónica Project Gutenberg y pertenecen al compilador británico Andrew Lang (1844-1912). También sugerimos que estas metáforas, dado su marcado carácter experiencial, pueden haber contribuido a una transmisión más fácil de muchos cuentos de hadas y a que los cuentos sean similares en diferentes contextos socioculturales. Palabras clave: Metáfora conceptual, moralidad y castigo, experiencial, “lo maravilloso”, cultura, cuentos de hadas.http://ojs.ual.es/ojs/index.php/ODISEA/article/view/151
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title AT THE CROSSROADS BETWEEN LITERATURE, CULTURE, LINGUISTICS, AND COGNITION: PUNISHMENT AND MORAL METAPHORS IN FAIRY TALES
title_short AT THE CROSSROADS BETWEEN LITERATURE, CULTURE, LINGUISTICS, AND COGNITION: PUNISHMENT AND MORAL METAPHORS IN FAIRY TALES
title_full AT THE CROSSROADS BETWEEN LITERATURE, CULTURE, LINGUISTICS, AND COGNITION: PUNISHMENT AND MORAL METAPHORS IN FAIRY TALES
title_fullStr AT THE CROSSROADS BETWEEN LITERATURE, CULTURE, LINGUISTICS, AND COGNITION: PUNISHMENT AND MORAL METAPHORS IN FAIRY TALES
title_full_unstemmed AT THE CROSSROADS BETWEEN LITERATURE, CULTURE, LINGUISTICS, AND COGNITION: PUNISHMENT AND MORAL METAPHORS IN FAIRY TALES
title_sort at the crossroads between literature, culture, linguistics, and cognition: punishment and moral metaphors in fairy tales
publisher Universidad de Almeria
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2174-1611
publishDate 2017-02-01
description Abstract: This paper studies how several conceptual metaphors (e.g. MORALITY IS LIGHT, MORALITY IS CLEANLINESS, MORAL FREEDOM IS PHYSICAL FREEDOM, DOING IMMORAL DEEDS IS ACCUMULATING DEBT) are able to account for the basic meaning and interpretation of punishments and moral issues in more than twenty popular tales, thus allowing us to explain some of the uncanny elements of tales. The stories, representative of various cultures, have been extracted from the Project Gutenberg online library and belong to the British compiler Andrew Lang (1844-1912). We also suggest that these metaphors, because of their strong experiential grounding, may have contributed to an easier transmission of many fairy tales, and also to make tales alike in different socio-cultural settings. Keywords: Conceptual metaphor, moral and punishment, experiential, uncanny, culture, fairy tales. Resumen: En este artículo tratamos de estudiar cómo varias metáforas conceptuales (p.ej. MORALITY IS LIGHT, MORALITY IS CLEANLINESS, MORAL FREEDOM IS PHYSICAL FREEDOM, DOING IMMORAL DEEDS IS ACCUMULATING DEBT) pueden explicar el significado básico y la interpretación de los castigos y la moralidad en más de veinte cuentos populares, lo que nos permite explicar parte de “lo maravilloso” de los cuentos. Los cuentos, representativos de varias culturas, han sido extraídos de la biblioteca electrónica Project Gutenberg y pertenecen al compilador británico Andrew Lang (1844-1912). También sugerimos que estas metáforas, dado su marcado carácter experiencial, pueden haber contribuido a una transmisión más fácil de muchos cuentos de hadas y a que los cuentos sean similares en diferentes contextos socioculturales. Palabras clave: Metáfora conceptual, moralidad y castigo, experiencial, “lo maravilloso”, cultura, cuentos de hadas.
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