Open AccessMeð hjartað í lúkunum eða buxunum: Um myndhvörf í spænskum og íslenskum orðasamböndum
Author(s) -
M. Azucena Penas Ibáñez,
Erla Erlendsdóttir
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
orð og tunga
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2547-7218
pISSN - 1022-4610
DOI - 10.33112/ordogtunga.17.5
Subject(s) - icelandic , linguistics , cognitive linguistics , semantics (computer science) , point (geometry) , order (exchange) , conceptual metaphor , psychology , computer science , sociology , cognition , metaphor , philosophy , mathematics , geometry , neuroscience , programming language , finance , economics
This paper is a comparative study of phrases and idioms in Spanish and Icelandic. Our point of departure are some basic ideas of cognitive linguistics and semantics, and first and foremost the scheme constructed by the Spanish linguists Pamies and Iñesta (2000, 2002, Pamies 2001a) aiming at systematising phrases and expressions of diverse languages based on conceptual metaphors in order to establish whether they are universal or not. The article gives an account of the conclusions drawn from a comparison of idioms concerning fear, hunger and overeating in Spanish and Icelandic.