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Metaphorical profiles and near-synonyms: A corpus-based study of Indonesian words for HAPPINESS
thesis
posted on 2019-04-09, 06:16 authored by Gede Primahadi Wijaya RajegGede Primahadi Wijaya RajegThis thesis investigates metaphors for different words of happiness in Indonesian. It finds that happiness is predominantly described, among others, as an object we possess, share, and acquire; a goal one seeks to attain; a substance filling the human-body. Moreover, each of the happiness words shows statistical preferences for certain metaphors. For instance, while kebahagiaan ‘happiness’ and kesenangan ‘pleasure’ are frequently described as a desired goal, this metaphor is much less frequent for kegembiraan ‘joy’, described more frequently as a contained liquid (e.g., kegembiraan terpancar ‘joy is spurted out’). This suggests nuances between these happiness words in Indonesian.
The supplementary materials for the thesis (data and R codes for analyses) are bundled into an R package happyr (Rajeg, 2018).
History
Principal supervisor
Alice GabyAdditional supervisor 1
Howard MannsAdditional supervisor 2
Simon MusgraveYear of Award
2019Department, School or Centre
School of Language, Literatures, Cultures and LinguisticsCourse
Doctor of PhilosophyDegree Type
DOCTORATECampus location
AustraliaFaculty
Faculty of ArtsUsage metrics
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Keywords
frame semanticsconstruction grammarcognitive grammarmetanetcollostructional analysismultiple distinctive collexeme analysisquantitative corpus linguisticsmetaphorical pattern analysisconceptual metaphorcognitive linguisticsemotion metaphorshappiness metaphorsIndonesianIndonesian Leipzig Corporacorpus linguisticsIndonesian linguisticsLinguisticsIndonesian LanguagesCognitive Science not elsewhere classifiedLanguage