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Metaphor as a means of conceptualizing of problematic interpersonal relations in modern English-speaking culture (Open access)

Budanova A.A.

The National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia, aabudanova_1@edu.hse.ru

Abstract

The article describes metaphorical landscape of destructive interpersonal relations in modern English-language discourse, establishes the main metaphorical models that conceptualize this phenomenon, and determines the degree of their frequency. Sixteen personal memoirs, in which 58 representative examples of metaphors were selected, constitute the empirical base of this study.

Keywords

metaphor; metaphor studies; metaphorical landscape; subjective experience; destructive relationships; psychology

For citing: Budanova, A.A. (2021). Metaphor as a means of conceptualizing of problematic interpersonal relations in modern English-speaking culture. Ethnopsycholinguistics. Moscow: INION RAN. Vol. 1(4), pp. 46-64. DOI: 10.31249/epl/2021.01.03

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