Money Hanging in My Closet? Various Conceptualisations of Money in English

Bringing into focus the theoretical framework of conceptual metaphor viewed through the lens of cognitive linguistics, the following paper is to concentrate on the construction of various conceptualisations of money in English. To this end, it shall deal with specific image schemas basing on a collection of subjectively selected money-related metaphors and idioms. Comparing and contrasting them with a set of chosen quotations on the subject of money containing metaphorical expressions taken from several famous figures shall confirm whether or not the conceptual domains signalled in dictionary entries actually overlap with those found in the examples of common parlance featured.