A Cognitive Semantics Analysis of Wolio Proverbs Related to the Human Body

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10.2991/assehr.k.200529.053How to use a DOI?

Keywords

cognitive semantics, Wolio proverbs, metaphor, metonym

Abstract

Proverbs are expressions of language that show a close relationship between language, culture, and human cognition. Therefore, this paper aims to explain the cognitive mechanisms that cause humans to form proverbs that use their body from a cognitive linguistic point of view. The method used is a qualitative method. The data was taken from a collection of Wolio proverbs and then identified and mapped the source and target domains based on metaphorical and metonym concepts. The results showed that the mapping of human body in Wolio proverbs contained images of positive, negative, and neutral meanings. The meaning of the human body not only had a specific meaning that indicated the cultural experience of an ethnic but also showed the generality that indicated the spread of proverbs from one culture to another. The mechanism of metonym was the role of moving specific parts of the human body to the nature or behavior of humans in general. This finding confirmed the differences and similarities of metaphorical propositions and schemes in the semantic of the human body proverb.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Firman Alamsyah Mansyur
AU  - Ratna Said
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/05/04
TI  - A Cognitive Semantics Analysis of Wolio Proverbs Related to the Human Body
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Borobudur International Symposium on Humanities, Economics and Social Sciences (BIS-HESS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 259
EP  - 262
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200529.053
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200529.053
ID  - Mansyur2020
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