연어 구성에 나타난 남녀 은유의 양상

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to elucidate an understanding of the concept of ‘woman’ and ‘man’ in the Korean language. Accepting the assumption that most ordinary conceptual systems find their essence in metaphors,this paper will investigate which words are collocated with the word ‘woman’ and ‘man.’ By uncovering metaphoric forms using such expressions, the contemporary perceptions of women and man can be illuminated. Doing a search using Corpus, instances of usage of the linguistic formulation of ‘woman/man’ as the direct object in a sentence were compiled, and metaphors were identified and classified. In comparing how metaphors relating to women were applied to men, similarities and differences were recorded. The similarity found in the most common metaphors was [(woman/man) is an object] that women and men are often perceived as objects. The next most prominent similarities were that: [(women/men) are animals], [(women/men) are food], [(women/men) are conquered objects], [(women/men) are a material substance]. These results show that the most common metaphors used regarding humans are those of objects, food, and animals. There are also no differences in the understanding of the concept of ‘woman’ and ‘man’. However, they show some differences in frequency and types of metaphors using men and women as objects.