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dc.contributor.authorGathigia, Moses Gatambuki
dc.contributor.authorMaitaria, Joseph Nyehita
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-25T05:16:33Z
dc.date.available2019-07-25T05:16:33Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn617-6459
dc.identifier.issn2617-6440
dc.identifier.urihttps://karuspace.karu.ac.ke/handle/20.500.12092/2282
dc.description.abstractStarting from the premise that a metaphor is a cognitive mechanism in which one experiential domain is partially mapped onto a different experiential domain , this paper examines the metaphoric conceptualis ation of “LOVE IS A PLANT” in Gĩkũyũ from a cognitive semantics perspective. In order to achieve this objective, t he study adopted the fundamental tenets of the C onceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT). An interview schedule was administered to 48 speakers of Gĩkũyũ by the researcher assisted by two research assistants of different gender. The data collected were subjected to the Metaphor Identification Procedure Vrije Universiteit (MIPVU) to find out whether the lexical items collected were metaphorical or not. Using four annotators, includin g the researcher, the study identified nine plant osemic metaphors which play a pivotal role in the understanding of love in G ĩ kũyũ. The study concludes that plantosemic metaphors are co nceptual phenomena which are integral component of the Gĩkũyũ cultural milieu expressed in language . Further, the study also notesen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBulletin of Advanced English Studiesen_US
dc.subjectMetaphoren_US
dc.subjectLoveen_US
dc.subjectPlanten_US
dc.subjectGĩkũyũen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.titleMetaphoric Conceptualisation of “LOVE IS A PLANT” in Gĩkũyũ: A Cognitive-Semantics Perspectiveen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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