SPACE METAPHOR AS THE MAIN WAY OF REALIZATION OF TIME AS A CONCEPT (IN THE ANGLO-SCOTTISH BALLAD)

SPACE METAPHOR AS THE MAIN WAY OF REALIZATION OF TIME AS A CONCEPT (IN THE ANGLO-SCOTTISH BALLAD)

Author:  L.А. Manerko, G.I. Prokonichev

Affiliation:  Lomonosov Moscow State University

Abstract: 
The article dwells upon the concept of TIME realized in the language of English and Scottish popular ballad. Conceptual metaphor stands to be the main model in this categorization. Textual analysis shows how closely spatial and temporal notions are incorporated in the folk language. Main metaphorical models representing time in ballad texts are: TIME IS LANDSCAPE, TIME IS A CONTAINER, TIME IS A MOVING POINT and TIME IS AN ACTING FORCE.

Keywords:  time, conceptual metaphor, conceptualization, categorization, spatial metaphor, point, line, plane, container