WHAT’S IN A NAME: METAPHORICAL IMAGE OF RUSSIAN EDUCATION
Abstract
The role of metaphors in reflecting and constructing pedagogical discourse only starts to attract scholars’ attention. The paper explores two approaches to metaphor analysis. In line with the ideas of cognitive semantics the paper considers metaphors not merely as figures of speech or rhetorical devices, but as useful means for conceptualizing the world that offer us an insight into the thinking processes of people who belong to a definite culture. Two main metaphor groups typical of educational discourse are analyzed, namely the acquisition metaphors and the participation metaphors. Then the paper outlines the most typical and widespread source domains for target domains “Education” and “Knowledge” identified in the sample texts about Russian education. Quantitative analysis of educational metaphors has shown that in the Russian educational discourse both metaphorical models are present with a definite overbalance towards acquisition metaphor. The data obtained shows some changes in perceiving education and a teacher’s role that have taken place in the Russian society recently.
About the Author
I. I. Chironova
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
20 Myasnitskaya Ulitsa, Moscow, 101000
Irina Igorevna Chironova – PhD (Linguistics), Professor, Head of the English language department for Humanities at the National Research University Higher School of Economics. Research interests: translation and intercultural communication, cognitive semantics, pragmatics.
SPIN РИНЦ: 4330-1997
ResearcherID: L-1583-2015
Scopus AuthorID: 56495345600
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For citations:
Chironova I.I. WHAT’S IN A NAME: METAPHORICAL IMAGE OF RUSSIAN EDUCATION. Linguistics & Polyglot Studies. 2016;(7):69-84. (In Russ.)
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