(Luận văn thạc sĩ) conceptual metaphors in english and vietnamese idioms relating to love and desire for life

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING QUY NHON UNIVERSITY HUỲNH LỆ MY CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE IDIOMATIC h EXPRESSIONS RELATING TO LOVE AND DESIRE FOR LIFE Field: English Linguistics Code: 8.22.02.01 Supervisor: Assoc Prof Dr Phan Văn Hòa BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC QUY NHƠN HUỲNH LỆ MY ẨN DỤ Ý NIỆM TRONG CÁC YẾU TỐ THÀNH NGỮ TIẾNG VIỆT VÀ TIẾNG ANH LIÊN QUAN ĐẾN TÌNH YÊU VÀ KHÁT VỌNG SỐNG h Chuyên ngành: Ngôn ngữ Anh Mã số: 8.22.02.01 Người hướng dẫn: PGS TS Phan Văn Hòa i STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP There are no materials published anywhere Of course, this study doesn’t get any materials extracted in the whole, or in part from a thesis by which it has qualified for or been awarded another degree or diploma except where reference is made in the thesis No other person’s work has been used without any acknowledgement in the thesis The thesis has not been submitted for the award of any degree or diploma in any other tertiary institutions Binh Dinh, 2020 h Huỳnh Lệ My ii ACKNOWLEDGMENT First and foremost, I would like to extend my deepest and most sincere thanks to my supervisor, Assoc Prof Dr Phan Van Hoa, who always instructs me with patience and enthusiasm My thesis would not have been finished without his enormous help This work has been fulfilled with his giant and meaningful guidance I also would like to show my deep gratefulness to all of the lecturers of Foreign Languages Department of Quy Nhon University Especially, the lecturers are the pioneers in introducing the classic essential theory on conceptual metaphor and translation for my thesis I would like also express my best feelings to the lecturers from other universities for their great teaching h Finally, I would love to emphasize my appreciation to my family who is always on my side to support me and my best friend Le Thi Trinh Nu, who has encouraged me with patience Binh Dinh, 2020 ` Signature Huynh Le My iii ABSTRACT This study has been conducted with my tremendous attempt to investigating conceptual metaphors expressing to Vietnamese and English idioms relating to love and desire for life Many idioms have been collected with a large number The chosen idioms are popular with both Vietnamese and English people The theory of cognitive linguistics raised by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson (1980) and Kövecses (2002)are considered as the main theories in this study There are 200 samples concluding Vietnamese and English idioms used with the total of 30 conceptual metaphors By applying with various methods comprising quantitative, qualitative, descriptive and contrastive approaches, the study achieved the important aims and objectives The result points out those kinds of metaphors used with the different purposes in English and Vietnamese idioms Keywords: Conceptual Metaphors, Vietnamese and English Idioms, Love, h Desire for Life iv TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP i ACKNOWLEDGMENT ii ABSTRACT iii TABLE OF CONTENTS iv ABBREVIATIONS x LIST OF TABLES xi CHAPTER INTRODUCTION 1.1 RATIONALE 1.2 AIM AND OBJECTIVES h 1.2.1 Aim 1.2.2 Objectives 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 1.4 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 1.6 ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY CHAPTER LITERATURE REVIEW AND THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 2.1 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.2 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 2.2.1 Conceptual Metaphor 2.2.1.1 Definition v 2.2.1.2 Classification 13 2.2.1.3 Conceptual Metaphorical Mappings 18 2.2.2 The Idioms in English and Vietnamese 19 2.2.2.1 Definition 19 2.2.2.2 Features 20 2.2.2 The differences and similarities between idioms and proverbs 21 CHAPTER RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY 24 3.1 RESEARCH METHODS 24 3.2 DATA COLLECTION 24 3.3 DATA ANALYSIS 25 3.4 RESEARCH PROCEDURES 26 h 3.5 SUMMARY 26 CHAPTER FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 27 4.1 CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE IDIOMS RELATING TO LOVE 27 4.1.1 Love is a journey 27 4.1.1.1 In English Idioms 27 4.1.1.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 27 4.1.2 Love is an object 28 4.1.2.1 In English Idioms 28 4.1.2.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 28 4.1.3 Love is fire 29 4.1.3.1 In English Idioms 29 4.1.3.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 30 vi 4.1.4 Love is a unity 30 4.1.4.1 In English Idioms 30 4.1.4.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 31 4.1.5 Love is heaven 31 4.1.5.1 In English Idioms 32 4.1.5.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 32 4.1.6 Love is a container 33 4.1.6.1 In English Idioms 34 4.1.6.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 34 4.1.7 Love is parts of body 34 4.1.7.1 In English Idioms 35 h 4.1.7.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 35 4.1.8 Love is vegetation 36 4.1.8.1 In English Idioms 36 4.1.8.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 37 4.1.9 Love is an unstable state 37 4.1.9.1 In English Idioms 37 4.1.9.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 38 4.1.10 Love is a game 38 4.1.10.1 In English Idioms 39 4.1.10.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 39 4.1.11 Love is a valuable commodity 40 4.1.11.1 In English Idioms 40 vii 4.1.11.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 41 4.1.12 Love is flavour 41 4.1.12.1 In English Idioms 41 4.1.12.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 42 4.1.13 Love is a colour 42 4.1.13.1 In English Idioms 42 4.1.13.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 43 4.1.14 Love is an animal 43 4.1.14.1 In English Idioms 44 4.1.14.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 45 4.1.15 Love is food 46 h 4.1.15.1 In English Idioms 46 4.1.15.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 46 4.1.16 Love is a choice 47 4.1.16.1 In English Idioms 47 4.1.16.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 47 4.1.17 Love is life 48 4.1.17.1 In English Idioms 48 4.1.17.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 49 4.1.18 Love is foolishness 49 4.1.18.1 In English Idioms 49 4.1.18.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 50 4.1.19 Love is a rope 50 viii 4.1.19.1 In English Idioms 50 4.1.19.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 51 4.1.20 Love is a natural force 51 4.1.20.1 In English Idioms 52 4.1.20.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 52 4.2 CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN ENGLISH AND VIETNAMESE IDIOMS RELATING TO DESIRE FOR LIFE 56 4.2.1 Desire for Life is an object 56 4.2.1.1 In English Idioms 56 4.2.1.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 57 4.2.2 Desire for Life is an animal 58 4.2.2.1 In English Idioms 58 h 4.2.2.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 58 4.2.3 Desire for Life is a container 59 4.2.3.1 In English Idioms 59 4.2.3.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 59 4.2.4 Desire for Life is a valuable commodity 60 4.2.4.1 In English Idioms 60 4.2.4.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 61 4.2.5 Desire for Life is vegetation 61 4.2.5.1 In English Idioms 62 4.2.5.2 In Vietnamese Idioms 62 4.2.6 Desire for Life is fire 62 4.2.6.1 In English Idioms 63