한국어 말의 은유 = Metaphors of 밪aying in Korean

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This paper explores metaphors of `saying` in Korean. Various metaphors are created through a process of a conceptualization. Korean language users metaphorize abstract concept `saying` into a concrete entity. There are some higher level of metaphors, such as SAYING IS AN ENTITY, SAYING IS A LIVING THING, and SAYING IS AN ACTIVITY. Then these metaphors can be subclassified into a lower level metaphors. For instance, the SAYING IS AN ENTITY metaphor consists of a lower level metaphors, e.g. SAYING IS A SOLID THING, SAYING IS A FLUID, SAYING IS A MOVING THING, SAYING IS A TRAVELING OBJECT THROUGH A PATH, SAYING IS A CONTAINER, SAYING IS A CONTENT IN CONTAINER, and SAYING IS A FOOD. And the SAYING IS A LIVING THING metaphor is composed of SAYING IS A BODY, SAYING IS AN ANIMAL, and SAYING IS A PERSON. Likewise, the SAYING IS AN ACTIVITY metaphor can be subclassified into such metaphors as SAYING IS A WORK and SAYING IS WAR. These metaphors show a radial network in the semantic structure of `saying` in Korean.