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Date Published: 30/10/2024
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.63023/2525-2445/jfs.ulis.5287
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Vol. 40 No. 5
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Research
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Nguyen, T. N. Y., & Dinh, T. V. H. (2024). EMOTIONAL CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR FROM THE COLOR BLUE IN JAPANESE. VNU Journal of Foreign Studies, 40(5), 173-187. https://doi.org/10.63023/2525-2445/jfs.ulis.5287

EMOTIONAL CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR FROM THE COLOR BLUE IN JAPANESE

Thi Nhu Y Nguyen1,, Thi Viet Hien Dinh1
1 Faculty of Japanese Language and Culture, University of Foreign Language Studies, The University of Da Nang, 131 Lương Nhu Hoc, Khue Trung, Cam Le District, Da Nang City, Vietnam

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Abstract

Color is one of the first concepts that people learn from the world. The cognition of colors among languages ​​is diverse, creating difficulties to learners in the process of language acquisition. This paper is aimed to analyze the word for color 青-ao (cyan), which consists of two shades, blue and green, from the perspective of cognitive linguistics in order to elucidate the emotional conceptual metaphor model using the source domain 青-ao (cyan) in Japanese and the abstract target domain emotion. Research results have shown that the Japanese word for color 青-ao (cyan) reflects negative emotional concepts, including: anger, fear, sadness and jealousy.


 

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words for colors, conceptual metaphor, cyan, Japanese, emotional concept

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