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2024-02-14
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ივანე ჯავახიშვილის სახელობის თბილისის სახელმწიფო უნივერსიტეტის გამომცემლობა
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This paper examines one of the instantiations of the generic-level
conceptual metaphor Cognition is Perception in Georgian language and
culture. Cognitive linguistics (namely, conceptual metaphor theory, embodiment
hypothesis, Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences) and historical
linguistics form the theoretical basis of the study. The empirical
data have been accumulated from authoritative dictionaries and corpora
as well as samples of spoken and written discourse genres.
The study of scholarly literature and the analysis of the empirical
data have revealed the following:
1. For Georgian language and culture, hearing sensory modality is
of dominance. Hence for Georgian, the intrafield semantic extension is
hear>see, and not see> hear. The said can be illustrated by the following
derivational sample q’uri-q’ureba (ear-look). The presented evidence
contradicts Viberg’s (1984) universal, unidirectional pattern of semantic
extension across modalities see>hear.
2. In transfield extensions, the conceptual metaphor with the image-
schema Understanding/Knowing is Hearing is of primacy.
3. The derivation of lexemes denoting hearing perception from the
roots referring to intellection is also attested in Georgian: goni – gagoneba
(reason/mind – hearing). It is noteworthy that gagoneba further developed
a secondary meaning – understanding.
In the paper the above-enumerated peculiarities are interpreted
from the standpoint of Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences.
According to Gardner (2011), the 8 types of intelligence singled out by
him (linguistic, mathematical/logical, musical, kinesthetic, spatial interpersonal,
intrapersonal, naturalistic) are realized in every individual, however,
one of the types is of dominant importance. In my viewpoint, multiple
intelligences can be used in reference to a particular culture and
language community. The observations on the samples of verbal and
non-verbal behaviour have revealed that for Georgian culture musical
and interpersonal intelligences are of primary relevance. The dominance
of the mentioned intelligence types is reflected in the image-schemas
presented above.
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თბილისის უნივერსიტეტის დაარსებისადმი მიძღვნილი სამეცნიერო კონფერენცია. თსუ 106, თეზისები, 2024, გვ.: 43-45 / Scientific conference dedicated to the foundation of Tbilisi University. TSU 106, Abstracts, 2024, pp.: 43-45