Metaphors of <i>coming out</i> in Polish: A cognitive linguistic approach

Abstract The following qualitative study focuses on the metaphors of coming out in Polish language. Native speakers were asked to define and then describe their experiences. Data from 94 participants analysed. results analysis show that, consistently with previous English data (Dyrmo, 2022b), are based several different conceptual structures meaning foci, for example image schema FORCE CONTAINER, concept openness visibility, domain MOVEMENT TRANSFER, frame SHARING AN OBJECT two discursively oriented metaphorical scenarios: COMING OUT IS MAKING YOUR ORIENTATION VISIBLE TO OTHERS SHIFTING A HEAVY OFF SHOULDERS. present lays ground further multimodal analyses metaphors.