@article{article_1447298, title={CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN WEATHER EXPRESSIONS OF PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURE}, journal={World Language Studies}, volume={5}, pages={65–90}, year={2025}, author={Yağlı, Emre and Çınar, Oktay}, keywords={Kavramsal Metafor Kuramı, bilişsel dilbilim, hedef-kaynak ilişkisi, dilbilimsel tipoloji, hava durumu ifadeleri}, abstract={This paper aims to explore cross-linguistic variation in conceptual metaphors related to weather with a particular focus on precipitation (rain) and temperature (heat). We specifically examine how metaphorical mappings differ across languages concerning lexical category (i.e., nouns, verbs, adjectives) and source domain. Drawing on Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), we analyse weather descriptions from ten typologically diverse languages: Turkish, English, Polish, Italian, Persian, Filipino, German, French, Swahili, and Korean. We elicited these descriptions through email correspondence with native speakers, all of whom possess at least an intermediate level of English. We asked informants to describe two weather scenes (i.e., rainy and sunny) in their native languages and then to provide literal English translations of their descriptions. This method allowed us to observe how metaphorical expressions are grammatically and lexically encoded across linguistic systems. We find that metaphorical variation aligns with the dynamic vs. stative nature of weather events: rain, as a dynamic phenomenon, is more frequently expressed through motion-based metaphors, while heat, as a stative condition, tends to be framed via state or intensity-based metaphors. Moreover, while conceptual metaphors show cross-linguistic consistency, their grammatical realisation regarding lexical categories and argument structure varies according to language-specific typological patterns.}, number={1}, publisher={Ankara Sosyal Bilimler Üniversitesi}, organization={Araştırmacılar çalışma için finansal destek sağlayan bir kurumun bulunmadığını beyan etmektedir.}