Mojgan Mehrparvar
Kharazmi University, Iran
Cognitive linguistics has made a great change in the realm of metaphor during three recent decades. According to cognitive studies, metaphors play a central role in human’s cognition. Lakoff and Johnson believe that ontological and structural metaphors form conceptual metaphors. In this study, ontological and structural metaphors of the word “sea” from “Kalami Khamoush” were investigated. “Kalami Khamoush” is a selection of some ghazals of “Divan-i Shams Tabriz” and has been printed in Farsi facing English translation. In Mowlana’s speech, the word “sea” is the main key for entering the poet’s world. Mowlana states his deepest experiences through the word “sea”. He embodies his idea about human, world, and their relationship through this word and its related images. Those ghazals which contained the word “sea” were selected in both Farsi and English; Farsi and English couplets were analyzed and the data related to “sea” and its images such as foam, fish …were collected using separate tables for Farsi and English couplets. Through image cluster of “sea”, some mystical meanings such as soul, love, gnostic world, divine mysteries, and beauty can be derived. Based on the collected data, ontological metaphors such as fana (self-annihilation), truth, essence of mystic and … were derived from English translations. Consequently, some structural metaphors related to these ontological metaphors can be extracted. Several studies of conceptual metaphors have been done before, but in this study matter of translation has been taken into consideration. However, conceptual metaphors are influenced by cultural and social issues of the society.
The above abstract is a part of the article which was accepted at The Second International Conference on Current Issues of Languages, Dialects and Linguistics (WWW.TLLL.IR), 1-2 February 2018, Ahwaz.
