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Metaphor Of Life

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ABSTRACT Metaphor is a popular phenomenon in linguistics and attracts much attention from the scholars in various fields. From many modern points of view, especially according to cognitive linguistics, metaphor is referred to as a form of mentality which has a net of expression using metaphor people rely on when communicating. Based on these points and the conceptual metaphor theory, this paper focuses on analyzing the use of “life” terms in English and Vietnamese literature. Because “life” is one of the most favorable terms linguistics like to use in order to express their message, this research’s goal is to highlight common and different features between these two communities. Furthermore, this paper will prompt learners to enhance their …show more content…

This view was cited by many linguists all over the world. However, all of views from the two researcher were relied on their subjective thoughts which had never been emerged in any works before. While this topic has still been controversial, other linguists try to pave the way for exploring different aspects of the terms “life”. While metaphor plays an important role in literature and it is a favorable method used to convey various message by writers, both Vietnamese and English literature have covered term “life” as a target domain in many works for ages. Therefore, studying different ways in using metaphor of “life” certainly may lead to interesting results.
In this research paper, I will focus on analyzing the expression using metaphor of “life” by illustrating these following points:
1. Introduce the expression in terms of “life”-based perception.
2. Analyze the similarities and differences in using metaphor of “life” between English and Vietnamese literature.
3. Give some explanation of using metaphors with the target domain “LIFE”.
The organization of this research paper is followed the outline below:
1. Literature …show more content…

What is more, choosing the right task at the right time is the key to win any games. In other words, if you are in low level, you cannot choose the task in high level which just prompts you to lose. Choosing the right task likes defining who you are in life, you have to acknowledge yourself before making up your mind to take part in a new level.
 Life is a river:
In many Vietnamese poems, it is easy to catch the sight of river which is seen as a source domain with the target domain “life”:
“Dòng đời lúc nổi lúc chìm
Lúc phiêu dạt, lúc có mình không ta”(Đinh Văn Nhã, “Dòng

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