A Contrastive Linguistic Study of Physiological, Linguistic and Cultural Contexts of Expressions of Anger across Different Languages in English and Arabic
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This study aims to compare how the metaphor of rage is expressed in Arabic and English, given the paucity ofresearch on this topic in the Arabic language. In other words, the study investigates how Arabs perceive anger and whetherArabic and English expressions of anger are both culturally and physiologically corresponding. Kövecses’ model and theframework developed by Lakoff and Kövecses are the main tools used in the present study. In order to find any parallelsor differences in how rage is conceptualized in Arabic and English, it looks at a variety of Arabic terms and expressionsrelated to anger and measure them against the previously outlined model of Lakoff and Kövecses. According to the study,anger expressions in Arabic and English are essentially the same. The cognition of speakers from both Arabic and Englishcultures has been significantly influenced by the physiological repercussions of anger, thereby reducing cultural disparitiesamong speakers of the other languages. The Arabic language may demonstrate a wider array of expressions of anger thanthe English language. This work’s originality is found in its comparative study of how the concept of anger is expressed inClassical Arabic and English, with fresh and inventive results.
Source: Forum for Linguistic Studies
Language: English
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4407926168