TIME METAPHORS IN ENGLISH SCIENCE FICTION

TIME METAPHORS IN ENGLISH SCIENCE FICTION

Author:  E.A. Nilsen

Affiliation:  St. Petersburg State University of Economics

Abstract: 

This article is dedicated to metaphorical time representation in English science fiction drawing by the example of “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells. Metaphors TIME IS SPACE, TIME IS A MOVING OBJECT / SUBJECT, TIME IS A ROAD / A LANDSCAPE, TIME IS A POSSESSION, TIME IS A CONTAINER are observed.

Keywords:  time, metaphor, English science fiction, H.G. Wells

References: 

Нильсен Е.А. Лингвокогнитивные модели эволюции темпоральных номинаций (на материале английского языка): дис. ... д-ра филол. наук. СПб., 2015.
Wells H.G. The Time Machine, 2004. URL: www.gutenberg.net

Pages:  236-239