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SPACE AND TIME EXPRESSIONS IN THE ROMANIAN LINGUISTIC IMAGINARY

Authors: Maria-Zoica Eugenia BALABAN;

SPACE AND TIME EXPRESSIONS IN THE ROMANIAN LINGUISTIC IMAGINARY

Abstract

Space and Time Expressions in the Romanian Linguistic Imaginary. This work aims to inventory, with the help of space and time conceptual metaphors, the expressions that contribute to shaping a linguistic imaginary. The expressions represent a sine qua non condition of linguistic creativity and once identified, they pave the way to other cultural spaces. The language is our home, and the way we live in it, through expressions, proverbs, sayings, represent an unstable balance between inside and outside, between up and down, between then and now, creating a protective space - time and, at the same time, exposed to the outside world’s actions. To highlight the role of space and time expressions in shaping a linguistic imaginary, we used the conceptual metaphors theories as they were defined and illustrated by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. We will try to demonstrate that in the Romanian linguistic imaginary there is a vertical spatiality (in terms of an up-down metaphor), which belongs to the pastoral world, in which the archaic man raises his eyes to the sky in a perfect communion with the Divinity (the expressions with sky, earth, sun, moon, stars, etc.). As far as it concerns time, we will inventory those expressions and sayings that reflect, in the collective mind, the time perception between ephemerality and eternity. In the Romanian linguistic imaginary, there is an eternal temporality (the expressions with vreme, that reflect the past-present-future triad) and a stationary one, representing the measure of a time slot (the expressions with ceas that reflect simultaneity, sequence, and duration). We will demonstrate, with the help of ontological metaphors, that temporal perception, through expressions, varies depending on the different possible consciousness states (pain, joy, love, dream, etc.). The research-based result will be to highlight the space and time linguistic images and their role in shaping the Romanian linguistic imaginary. REZUMAT. Expresii ale spaţialităţii şi temporalităţii în imaginarul lingvistic românesc. Lucrarea îşi propune să inventarieze, cu ajutorul metaforelor conceptuale spaţiale şi temporale, expresiile care contribuie la conturarea unui imaginar lingvistic. Expresiile reprezintă o condiție sine qua non a creativității lingvistice şi, odată identificate, deschid drumul către alte spații culturale. Limba este casa noastră, iar felul în care locuim în ea, prin expresii, proverbe, zicători, reprezintă un echilibru instabil între interior şi exterior, între sus şi jos, între atunci şi acum, creând un spațiu-timp protector şi, în acelaşi timp, expus la acţiunile lumii exterioare. Pentru a evidenția rolul expresiilor spațialităţii şi temporalităţii în modelarea unui imaginar lingvistic, am folosit teoriile metaforelor conceptuale așa cum au fost definite şi ilustrate de George Lakoff şi Mark Johnson. Vom încerca să demonstrăm că în imaginarul lingvistic românesc există o spațialitate verticală (în termenii unei metafore sus-jos), care aparține lumii pastorale, în care omul arhaic ridică ochii spre cer, într-o comuniune perfectă cu Divinitatea (expresiile cu cer, pământ, soare, lună, stele etc.). În ceea ce privește timpul, vom inventaria acele expresii și zicători care reflectă, în mentalul colectiv, percepția timpului între efemeritate și eternitate. În imaginarul lingvistic românesc există o temporalitate eternă (expresiile cu vreme, care reflectă triada trecut-prezent-viitor) şi una staționară, reprezentând măsura unui interval de timp (expresiile cu ceas care reflectă simultaneitatea, secvența și durata). Vom demonstra, cu ajutorul metaforelor ontologice, că percepția temporală, prin expresii, variază în funcție de diferitele stări posibile ale conștiinței (durere, bucurie, iubire, vis etc.). Rezultatul cercetării va fi evidențierea imaginilor lingvistice ale spațialităţii şi temporalităţii şi rolul acestora în modelarea imaginarului lingvistic românesc. Cuvinte-cheie: expresii ale spaţiului, expresii ale timpului, imaginar lingvistic, metaforă conceptuală, limbă, spaţiu cultural Article history: Received 5 December 2022; Revised 12 December 2022; Accepted 22 February 2023; Available online 27 March 2023; Available print 31 March 2023.

Keywords

language, concept metaphor, time expressions, linguistic imaginary, P1-1091, space expressions, cultural space, Philology. Linguistics

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