Description
Eleni Sitou and Ioanna Asanakidi
The study investigates perception of death and dying in the context of the 1821 Greek revolution, as manifested in Kolokotronis’ Memoirs. As metaphor is key to unlocking cognitive aspects of language use, the study analyses literal and metaphorical death and dying expressions in the data, in the framework of the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (Lakoff and Johnson, 1980). The study uses a qualitative and quantitative research methodology to account for literal and metaphorical discourse realizations of death and contrasts it to pre¬sent day use. Findings show that the well-known formula TARGET DOMAIN IS SOURCE DOMAIN (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980) is operative in describing death and dying, in the context of the revolution.
