THE CONCEPT OF ANGER IN ENGLISH AND LITHUANIAN
AND ITS TRANSLATION
MASTER THESIS
Research Adviser: Dr. L. Stankevicien_
CONTENTS
Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………3
I. The Review on the Emotion Lexis Research ……………………………………………….….6
II. Linguistic Expression of the Concept and Principles of Its Contrastive Analysis……………12
1. Concept as an Object of Cognitive Linguistics ………………………………………...12
2. Specifity of Emotion Concepts …………………………………………………………16
3. Cognitive Theory of Metaphor and Its Application in Comparative Researches……….19
III. The Levels of the Analysis of the Concept of Anger and the Peculiarities of Its
Translation……………………………………………………………………………………….25
1. Lexicographical Level…………………………………………………………………...25
2. The Level of Scenario of Prototypical Situation………………………………………...33
2.1. The Cause of Anger……………………………………………………………...34
2.2. The Manifestation of Anger……………………………………………………...37
2.3. The Attempt at Controlling Anger……………………………………………….42
2.4. The Loss of Control……………………………………………………………...45
2.5. The Retribution…………………………………………………………………..49
3. The Level of Conceptual Metaphors and the Peculiarities of Translation of the Concept of
Anger…………………………………………………………………………………….50
3.1. ANGER IS A HOT FLUID IN A CONTAINER ……………………………….53
3.2. ANGER IS HEAT……………………………………………………………….58
3.3. ANGER IS FIRE………………………………………………………………...60
3.4. ANGER IS A LIVING BEING………………………………………………….63
3.5. ANGER IS AN OPPONENT IN A STRUGGLE……………………………….65
3.6. ANGER IS A DANGEROUS ANIMAL………………………………………..67
3.7. ANGER IS INSANITY………………………………………………………….70
3.8. ANGER IS A BURDEN…………………………………………………………72
3.9. ANGER IS COLD……………………………………………………………….74
Conclusions………………………………………………………………………………………79
References………………………………………………………………………………………..81
Summary in the Lithuanian Language…………………………………………………………...89
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INTRODUCTION
Language is both a product and