In daily life of human beings, it seems the knowledge and experience is transferred in the ways which may not be so familiar, and even in abstract concepts. In the concepts of Cognitive Linguistics (CL), this is viewed as part of general cognition and thinking, especially in the case of metaphors. On the theoretical framework of CL, we concentrated on the theory of conceptual metaphor (CM) by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson (1980), among the first to pinpoint this conceptual potential. In this study, we refer to the metaphorical extensions based on Up sense of Happiness through fundamental concepts in spatial metaphors. For example, in English we can see the CM "HAPPINESS IS UP” with the source domain is HAPPY (HẠNH PHÚC) and the target domain is UP (LÊN), such as in the expression “He is on cloud nine”, which expressed that the man can evoke joy. In Vietnamese, such a conceptualization is also pointed, for example: “Anh ta lên chín tầng mây” (he is on cloud nine, he is extemely happy). To clarify this study, the data from 10 best-seller novels in English and Vietnamese in period of 10 recent years (2012-2022) were collected for analyzing cross-linguistic and cultural perspectives. The paper used qualitative and quantitative as well comparative and contrastive methods with 100 expressions to find out the findings of similarities and differences between English and Vietnamese metaphorical extensions of Up and LÊN to make the CMT practical and useful for teachers as well as learners.

Authors:
Tran Thi Thuy Oanh, University of Foreign Language Studies - The University of Da Nang, Vietnam

About the Presenter(s)
Dr. Tran Thi Thuy Oanh is a Professor at University of Foreign Language Studies – UDN, Vietnam. She spent a researching course at University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, French Republic. Her research fields are English linguistics, pedagogy & education.

Additional website of interest
http://scv.udn.vn/tttoanh

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