Conceptual Metaphors in Lyrics by Leonard Cohen

Conceptual Metaphors in Lyrics by Leonard Cohen

Anna Johansson

Anna Johansson VT 2016 Examensarbete f?r kandidatexamen, 15 hp

Engelska

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to find and analyse conceptual metaphors in the lyrics, A Thousand Kissed Deep, Here It Is, and Boogie Street from the album Ten New Songs (2001) by Leonard Cohen using Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT). In order to detected the conceptual metaphors, the source and target domains were identified. Conceptual metaphors were found by mapping source domains onto target domains and viewing the lexical expressions in the lyrics. The result and analysis of the findings in this study show that linguistic expressions of LOVE, LIFE and DEATH are conceptually present in the lyrics.

Keywords: Conceptual Metaphor Theory, lexical expression, LOVE, LIFE, DEATH, Ten New Songs, Leonard Cohen

Table of contents

1! Introduction ............................................................................................................... 5! 1.1! Conceptual Metaphors in Leonard Cohen's Lyrics......................................................... 5!

2! Aims ............................................................................................................................ 8! 2.1! General objective............................................................................................................. 8! 2.2! Specific objectives........................................................................................................... 8!

3! Theoretical framework ............................................................................................. 8!

4! Material and method............................................................................................... 12! 4.1! Ten New Songs.............................................................................................................. 12!

5! Results and analysis ................................................................................................ 15! 5.1! Source domains and target domains .............................................................................. 15! 5.1.1!Metaphors in A Thousand Kisses Deep ...................................................................................... 16! 5.1.2!Metaphors in Here It Is ............................................................................................................... 18! 5.1.3!Metaphors in Boogie Street......................................................................................................... 21! 5.2! Linguistic expressions that reflect the conceptual metaphor......................................... 24! 5.2.1!A Thousand Kisses Deep............................................................................................................. 24! 5.2.2!Here It Is ..................................................................................................................................... 25! 5.2.3!Boogie Street ............................................................................................................................... 26! 5.3! Contexts used in Leonard Cohen's lyrics...................................................................... 26! 5.3.1!A Thousand Kisses Deep............................................................................................................. 26! 5.3.2!Here It Is ..................................................................................................................................... 27! 5.3.3!Boogie Street ............................................................................................................................... 27!

6! Discussion................................................................................................................. 27! 6.1! Conceptual metaphors in Leonard Cohen lyrics ........................................................... 27! 6.1.1!Linguistic expressions in lyrics reflects the conceptual metaphor .............................................. 32! 6.1.2!Importance of the context when finding the conceptual metaphor ............................................. 33! 6.2! Method........................................................................................................................... 34!

7! Conclusion................................................................................................................ 35!

8! References ................................................................................................................ 36!

Figure 5.1 A Thousand Kisses Deep Figure 5.2 Here It is Figure 5.3 Boogie Street Figure 6.1 Linguistic expressions reflecting the conceptual metaphors Figure 6.2 Linguistic expressions reflecting the conceptual metaphors Figure 6.3 Linguistic expressions reflecting the conceptual metaphors

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