A Cognitive Linguistic Study of UP and DOWN in Iraqi Arabic

Authors

Khalid Wahaab Jabber Misan University /College of Basic, Education/ Dept. of English Language
Ahmed Mohamed Fahid Misan University /College of Basic, Education/ Dept. of English Language

Keywords:

metaphor,UP,DOWN, metaphorical expressions, abstract concepts.

Abstract

This study is an attempt to investigate the conceptual metaphor of UP and DOWN commonly used in Iraqi community. Some of the metaphorical expressions in Iraqi colloquial Arabicarewidely used by Iraqi speakers in everyday language. Ithas been analyzed by following the cognitive theory of metaphor (Lakoff& Johnson,1980).The study indicates that the Iraqi speakerexperiences more of the metaphorical expressions of UP and DOWN to referto many of the abstract concepts that shape his/her impression of everyday life situations.

Author Biographies

Khalid Wahaab Jabber, Misan University /College of Basic, Education/ Dept. of English Language
- Khalid Wahaab Jabber is Assist Inst. at English Department-College of Basic Education/Misan University. He has got Master Degree in Applied Linguistics from School of Foreign Languages/Huazhong University of Science and Technology. China
E-mail address: [email protected]

Phone number: 009647710893168
Ahmed Mohamed Fahid, Misan University /College of Basic, Education/ Dept. of English Language
- Ahmed Mohamed Fahid is Assist Inst. at English Department-College of Basic Education/Misan University. He has Master degree in Linguistics.
E-mail address: [email protected]

Phone number: 009647714997151

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Published

2018-01-01

Issue

No. 37 (2018)

Section

Department of Russian Language

How to Cite

A Cognitive Linguistic Study of UP and DOWN in Iraqi Arabic. (2018). Journal of the College of Languages (JCL), 37, 125-144. https://jcolang.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/JCL/article/view/37