Metaphors of travel in the language of hymns: 1650–1800

PE English;P Philology. Linguistics;PR English literature

Shaver, Joel A. ; Smith, Jeremy J.

University:University of Glasgow

Department:School of Critical Studies

关键词: metaphor, travel, hymns, linguistics, semantics, cognitive, eighteenth-century, historical, poetry, Isaac Watts, Charles Wesley, John Newton, William Cowper;   

Others  :  http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2381/1/2010shaverphd.pdf

来源: University of Glasgow

【 摘 要 】

This dissertation concentrates on the role of the conceptual metaphor LIFE IS A JOURNEY in English hymns of the 17th and 18th centuries, addressing the following research questions: 1) To what extent and in which contexts have elements of the lexical category of travel, applied metaphorically, been used in English spiritual language and literature in the period 1650–1800? 2) How has metaphorical extension affected the semantic development of this category? This dissertation discusses the use of travel metaphors as structural schemata for complete hymns, and analyzes the use of individual elements of travel-related terminology across a historical textual corpus. The analyses in this dissertation are undertaken in light of recent trends in semantics, and with the aim of contributing to the development of Cognitive Metaphor Theory as a tool for historical linguistic analysis and literary criticism.