한국어와 미얀마어 ‘손’관련 관용표현에 대한 비교 연구 -개념적 은유 이론을 중심으로-

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the characteristics of conceptualization, focusing on the expression of idioms with related to the ‘hand’ through conceptual metaphors from the perspective of cognitive linguistics. The conceptual metaphor of the ‘hand’ idioms in Korean and Myanmar was compared by examining how it was metaphorized and what characteristics it has. The conceptualization pattern between the source domain and the target domain was examined by targeting the ‘hand’ idioms contained in 『Standard Korean Dictionary』 or the 『Myanmar Language Dictionary』. The ontological metaphors in Korean and Myanmar idiomic expressions related to ‘hand’ are 1) bowl metaphor, 2) food metaphor, 3) string metaphor, 4) object metaphor, 5) temperature metaphor, 6) movement metaphor, 7) action Metaphor, (8) door Metaphor which was divided into a total of 8 root areas. It can be seen that the metaphors of ‘hand’ idioms in Korean and Myanmar are similar to each other in ‘bowl’, ‘string’, ‘object’, ‘temperature’, ‘movement’, and ‘action’. Although Korean and Myanmar language have different ethnic cultures and ways of thinking, the way of thinking perceived in the embodied “hand” idioms is similar, if not exactly the same. This study is meaningful in examining the conceptualization of idiom expressions related to the body ​​from the perspective of cognitive linguistics in Korean and Myanmar Language. This data is determined to be a great help to Myanmar learners who are learning Korean in a way that can be imagined cognitively.