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Trang 1 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING QUY NHON UNIVERSITY NGUYỄN THỊ ÚT MY CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS OF SPRING IN LYRICS OF COUNTRY MUSIC IN ENGLISH FIELD: English Linguistics CODE: 8220
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING QUY NHON UNIVERSITY NGUYỄN THỊ ÚT MY CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS OF SPRING IN LYRICS OF COUNTRY MUSIC IN ENGLISH FIELD: English Linguistics CODE: 8220201 Supervisor: HÀ THANH HẢI, Ph.D BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TAO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC QUY NHƠN NGUYỄN THỊ ÚT MY ẨN DỤ Ý NIỆM VỀ MÙA XUÂN TRONG LỜI BÀI HÁT ĐỒNG QUÊ BẰNG TIẾNG ANH Ngành: Ngôn ngữ Anh Mã số: 8220201 Người hướng dẫn: TS HÀ THANH HẢI i STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP I hereby confirm that the thesis entitled CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS OF SPRING IN LYRICS OF COUNTRY MUSIC IN ENGLISH is submitted to complete fulfillment for my degree of master of English Linguistics at Quy Nhon University and has not been submitted elsewhere in any other form for the fulfillment of any other degree or qualification This thesis does not contain any materials which have been written by another person except where referenced within the text October 2023 Nguyễn Thị Út My ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The completion of my master‘s thesis is due not only to my own efforts, but also to the assistance of organizations and individuals to whom I am extremely grateful First and foremost, I would like to thank several individuals for assisting me with my master‘s thesis I would like to express my deepest appreciation to my advisor, Dr Hà Thanh Hải, for his continuous support and counsel, as well as his excellent guidance, which enabled me to complete this thesis I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all of the lecturers in my master‘s program for their insightful lectures, which helped me cultivate and acquire a thorough understanding of linguistics and research techniques In addition, I would like to express my gratitude to my parents, who have cared for my mental and physical health with unconditional love for the past 27 years I could not have completed this thesis without their consistent encouragement and support, which gave me the courage and confidence to pursue my ambition Special thanks from the bottom of my heart to my classmates who supported me throughout all phases of my postgraduate program studies and helped me complete this thesis October 2023 Nguyễn Thị Út My iii ABSTRACT Conceptual metaphor, a cognitive device, reflects how individuals conceptualize their surroundings, particularly in song lyrics In fact, conceptual metaphors play an essential role in enabling musicians to impart their emotions to listeners vividly and effectively This is the impetus for the current investigation On the basis of the cognitive perspective of Lakoff and Johnson (1980, 2003), 92 song lyrics from well-known musicians (Gano, Nyro, Landesman, Craig Douglas, Luke Bryan, Baum, Watkins, Brennan, Bill Evans, Robbins, Bart, etc.) are collected to demonstrate how conceptual metaphors of Spring are used in English song lyrics This study seeks to provide a general overview of cognitive linguistics and analyze the conceptual metaphors of Spring found in English song lyrics The collected data contain only two categories of conceptual metaphors, namely structural and ontological metaphors, with varying frequencies and percentages This finding also suggests that English musicians frequently employ ontological and structural metaphors when expressing and communicating their ideas When discussing ontological metaphors, entity metaphors are the most common type that come up The greatest number of examples use metaphors involving containers CONCRETE OBJECTS, CONTAINER OBJECTS, CONTAINED ENTITIES, MOVING OBJECTD, and PERSON are all examples of things that are commonly thought of in connection with the concept of spring Despite the limitations of a small study and the lack of time, the researcher hopes that the findings will cast more light on the conceptual metaphors of Spring as a whole Keywords: Cognitive linguistics, conceptual metaphors, spring, source domain, target domain, structural metaphors, orientational metaphors, ontological metaphors, song lyrics iv TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF AUTHORSHIP i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ii ABSTRACT iii TABLE OF CONTENTS iv LIST OF TABLES vi LIST OF FIGURES vii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 THE RATIONALE TO THE STUDY 1 1.2 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 2 1.2.1 Aims of the study 2 1.2.2 Objectives of the study 2 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 2 1.4 SCOPE OF THE STUDY 3 1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 3 1.6 ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY 3 1.7 SUMMARY 4 CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW 5 2.1 THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 5 2.1.1 An overview of conceptual metaphor 5 2.1.2 Constituent parts of a conceptual metaphor 8 2.1.3 Mapping mechanism in conceptual metaphor theory 8 2.2 CLASSIFICATION OF CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR 9 2.2.1 Structural conceptual metaphor 9 2.2.2 Orientational conceptual metaphor 11 2.2.3 Ontological conceptual metaphor 13 2.3 CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR IN SONG LYRICS 15 v 2.4 PREVIOUS STUDIES 16 2.5 SUMMARY 18 CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 19 3.1 RESEARCH DESIGN 19 3.2 RESEARCH PROCEDURES 19 3.3 DATA COLLECTION 20 3.4 DATA ANALYSIS 21 3.5 SUMMARY 21 CHAPTER 4: FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 22 4.1 CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS OF SPRING IN ENGLISH SONG LYRICS 22 4.2 STRUCTURAL METAPHORS 25 4.3 ORIENTATIONAL METAPHORS 27 4.4 ONTOLOGICAL METAPHORS 27 4.4.1 SPRING AS INANIMATE ENTITIES 28 4.4.2 SPRING AS ANIMATE ENTITIES 40 4.4 SUMMARY 54 CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS 55 5.1 MAJOR FINDINGS 55 5.2 IMPLICATIONS 56 5.3 SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDIES 56 5.4 SUMMARY OF THE CHAPTER 57 REFERENCES 58 APPENDIX vi LIST OF TABLES Table 4.1a Conceptual Metaphors of SPRING in English song lyrics 22 Table 4.1b Conceptual Metaphors of SPRING in English song lyrics 24 Table 4.4 Ontological Metaphors in Conceptual Metaphors of Spring in English song lyrics 27 Table 4.4.1 Spring As Inanimate Entities 29 Table 4.4.2 Spring As Animate Entities 40 Table 4.4.3 Spring As Other Domains 48 vii LIST OF FIGURES Figure 2.1 Mapping between the domains of Time and Money 9 Figure 4.1a Number of Conceptual Metaphors of SPRING in English song lyrics 23 Figure 4.4 Number of Ontological Metaphors of Spring in English song lyrics 28 Figure 4.4.1 Number of Spring As Inanimate Entities 29 Figure 4.4.2 Number of Spring As Animate Entities 40 Figure 4.4.3 Number of Spring As Other Domains 48 1 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 THE RATIONALE TO THE STUDY Humans utilize language to communicate their ideas, thoughts, and feelings in a variety of contexts Composers utilize song lyrics as a medium to communicate thoughts and messages to listeners or music enthusiasts Lyrics can be used as a media to convey information and opinion about social issues that have occurred in a community or a country, in addition to serving as an entertainment facility Metaphor is one of the most common building blocks in song lyrics The usage of metaphor in the lyrics has an artistic function, making the song appealing and enjoyable to listen to Since metaphors have a unique quality that literal expressions do not, they are typically difficult to understand literally Although most people find metaphor difficult to understand, song writers frequently utilize it to convey societal themes because they believe it to be more understandable than presenting a literal example There has been tremendous progress in cognitive linguistics in general, and cognitive semantics in particular, in the last few decades, providing the basis for a growing field of conceptual metaphor in recent years Thus, it is no surprise that many studies have been conducted in order to examine metaphor related to human beings around the world, with a focus on both abstract and concrete concepts Studying conceptual metaphors has focused a lot of attention on abstract concepts as target domains for conceptual metaphors The reason for this is that conceptual metaphors are a process by which an abstract area is conceptualized within the context of a more concrete area, and it is easy to understand how that works (Lakoff and Johnson, 1980) So far, a variety of abstract concepts have been studied, such as the concept of life, emotions, sadness, etc In the same way, foreign and Vietnamese authors have both devoted a great deal of time to studying the