CONCEPTUALIZATIONOFMONEYINENGLISHANTI-PROVERBS: A COGNITIVE PROSPECTIVE

Abstract

The present article is an attempt to investigate the domains of English anti-proverbs about money. A sample of English anti-proverbs has been selected from the published source: Old Proverbs Never Die, They Just Diversity (2006). The analysis was within the Conceptual Metaphor Theory as suggested by Lakoff and Johnson (1980), and the force system of money by Kövecses (2018). The analysis showed that the main conceptual metaphors about money are money is a force, money is a person, money is an object, and money is a plant or animal. This endeavour to explore conceptual metaphors in anti-proverbs is an exploratory one. It is recommended to investigate the metaphors in further domains of anti-proverbs such as health and human relationships.