Metaforyka związana ze SZCZĘŚCIEM

Abstract

Describing the notion of SZCZĘŚCIE (HAPPINESS) the author of the paper refers to pre- notional imaginary schemes, mainly to the schemes of a container, a tie, a path (sources - paths and the centre - peripheries). In the radial model the central metaphor is HAPPINESS IS LIGHT {LIGHT is the source and HAPPINESS is the effect or the aim), e.g. happiness shone in one’s eyes. Searching for the metaphor that makes a causal model of HAPPINESS we often refer to the imagery scheme of THE POWER OF GOOD/GOODS ATTRACTION. In cognitive grammar using metaphors reflects cognitive processes as well as a specific way of thinking that exists deeply in our experience making particular systems arranged around definite notions which get their structure through the fact we understand them by means of metaphors. Classical metaphor (defined by Aristotle) refers only to meaning while conceptual (notional) metaphor enables to create the category HAPPINESS IS HEAVEN.