Afrikaans:
Die kognitiewe linguistiek voer aan dat meeste abstrakte konsepte slegs in terme van metafore bedink en verstaan kan word. Dekolonialiteit as abstrakte konsep is steeds ’n vurige besprekingspunt in die konteks van hoër onderwys in Suid-Afrika. Hierdie verhandeling beoog om die verband tussen metaforiese uitdrukkings en die konseptualisering van kolonialisme, kolonialiteit en dekolonisering te ondersoek deur die Konseptuele Metafoorteorie (KMT) te benut.
Die verhandeling is spesifiek toegespits op die akademiese diskoers oor dekolonisering in Suid-Afrika, waar 87 artikels uit verskeie databasisse as die korpus vir die studie dien. Daar word gefokus op die identifisering van metafore in hierdie diskoers, die rol van metafore in die konseptualisering van die genoemde konsepte, asook die invloed van hierdie metafore op ons persepsie en benadering tot die diskoers. Daar word veral staatgemaak op die metafoorteorie van George Lakoff (1993), Mark Johnson (1987), Lakoff en Johnson (1980, 1999), Zoltan Kövecses (1997, 2010) en Joseph Grady. Verder word beginsels uit die kritiese diskoersanalise betrek, na aanleiding van Michel Foucault (2002), Jonathan Charteris-Black (2004) en Alice Deignan (2005).
Die studie beoog om insigte te verkry in die rol van metafore in die akademiese diskoers oor dekolonisering en om die verband tussen taal, samelewing en denke verder te verken. Daar word aangevoer dat LEWENDE ENTITEIT, FISIESE VOORWERP, KONFLIK, FISIESE KRAG, FISIESE STRUKTUUR, en RUIMTELIKE VERHOUDINGS die sentrale domeine vir metafoorkartering uit die korpus vergestalt. Kolonialisme word metafories hoofsaaklik as ’n lewende entiteit uitgedruk; kolonialiteit as ’n komplekse struktuur en dekolonisering as die beweging tussen ruimtes.
English: Cognitive linguistics argues that most abstract concepts can only be conceived and understood in terms of metaphors. Decoloniality, as an abstract concept, remains a fervent point of discussion within the context of higher education in South Africa. This dissertation aims to investigate the relationship between metaphorical expressions and the conceptualisation of colonialism, coloniality, and decolonisation using Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT).
The dissertation specifically focuses on the academic discourse surrounding decolonization in South Africa, utilizing a corpus of 87 articles from various databases. The study concentrates on identifying metaphors within this discourse, determining the role of metaphors in conceptualizing the mentioned concepts, and exploring the influence of these metaphors on our perception and approach to the discourse.
Emphasis is placed on the metaphor theory of George Lakoff (1993), Mark Johnson (1987), Lakoff and Johnson (1980, 1999), Zoltan Kövecses (1997, 2010), and Joseph Grady. Additionally, principles from critical discourse analysis are incorporated, drawing from Michel Foucault (2002), Jonathan Charteris-Black (2004), and Alice Deignan (2005).
The study aims to gain insights into the role of metaphors in the academic discourse on decolonisation and further explore the connection between language, society, and thought. It is argued that LIVING ENTITY, PHYSICAL OBJECT, CONFLICT, PHYSICAL FORCE, PHYSICAL STRUCTURE, and SPATIAL RELATIONS are the central domains for metaphorical mapping in the corpus. Colonialism is metaphorically expressed primarily as a living entity; coloniality as a complex structure, and decolonisation as movement between spaces.
