A Cognitive Theory of Metaphor
Title | A Cognitive Theory of Metaphor PDF eBook |
Author | Earl R. Mac Cormac |
Publisher | MIT Press (MA) |
Total Pages | 272 |
Release | 1985 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
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In this book, Earl Mac Cormac presents an original and unified cognitive theory of metaphor using philosophical arguments which draw upon evidence from psychological experiments and theories. He notes that implications of this theory for meaning and truth with specific attention to metaphor as a speech act, the iconic meaning of metaphor, and the development of a four-valued system of truth. Numerous examples of metaphor from poetry and science are presented and analyzed to support Mac Cormac's theory."A Cognitive Theory of Metaphor takes up three levels of explanation--metaphor as expressed in surface language, the semantics of metaphor, and metaphor as a cogitive process--and unifies these by interpreting metaphor as an evolutionary knowledge process in which metaphors mediate between minds and culture. Mac Cormac considers, and rejects, the radical theory that all use of language is metaphorical; however, this argument also recognizes that the "theory of metaphor may itself be metaphorical.The book first considers the computational metaphor often adopted by cognitive psychology as an example of metaphor requiring analysis. In contrast to three well-known philosophical theories of metaphor - the tension theory, the controversion theory, and the grammatical deviance theory - it develops a semantical anomaly theory of metaphor based on a quasi-mathematical hierarchy of words. In developing the theory, Mac Cormac makes much-needed connections between theories of metaphor and more orthodox analytic philosophy of meaning, including discussions of speech acts and the logic of fuzzy sets. This semantical theory of explanation is then shown to be compatible with contemporary psychologicaltheories of memory.Earl R. MacCormac is Charles A. Dana Professor of Philosophy and Chairman of the Department of Philosophy, Davidson College. A Bradford Book.
Metaphor and Cognition
Title | Metaphor and Cognition PDF eBook |
Author | B. Indurkhya |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | 467 |
Release | 2013-03-09 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9401722528 |
Many metaphors go beyond pionting to the existing similarities between two objects -- they create the similarities. Such metaphors, which have been relegated to the back seat in most of the cognitive science research, are the focus of attention in this study, which addresses the creation of similarity within an elaborately laid out interactive framework of cognition. Starting from the constructivist views of Nelson Goodman and Jean Piaget, this framework resolves an apparent paradox in interactionism: how can reality not have a mind-independent ontology and structure, but still manage to constrain the possible worlds a cognitive agent can create in it? A comprehensive theory of metaphor is proposed in this framework that explains how metaphors can create similarities, and why such metaphors are an invaluable asset to cognition. The framework is then applied to related issues of analogical reasoning, induction, and computational modeling of creative metaphors.
Metaphor and Metonymy at the Crossroads
Title | Metaphor and Metonymy at the Crossroads PDF eBook |
Author | Antonio Barcelona |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | 368 |
Release | 2012-10-24 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 311089467X |
Metaphor and Metonymy at the Crossroads is a collection of essays, most of them written from a cognitive linguistics standpoint by leading specialists in the fields of conceptual metaphor and metonymy, and conceptual integration (blending). The book has two main goals. One of them is to discuss in new, provocative ways the nature of these conceptual mappings in English and their interaction. The other goal is to explore by means of several detailed case studies the central role of these mappings in English. The studies are, thus, concerned with the operation of metaphor and metonymy in discourse, including literary discourse or with the effect of metaphorical and/or metonymic mappings on some aspects of linguistic structure, be it polysemy or grammar. The book is of interest to students and researchers in English and linguistics, English literature, cognitive psychology and cognitive science.
Metaphor in Cognitive Linguistics
Title | Metaphor in Cognitive Linguistics PDF eBook |
Author | Raymond W. Gibbs |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | 234 |
Release | 1999-01-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 902723681X |
This book contains a selection of refereed and revised papers originally presented at the 5th ICLC. After an introduction by the editors, the book opens with a long-needed chapter on historical precedents for the Cognitive Linguistic theory of metaphor. Two chapters demonstrate the method of lexical analysis of linguistic metaphors and how it can be fruitfully applied to a characterization of the conceptual domains of smell and economics. Three chapters deal with theoretical aspects of conceptual metaphor, one of which is a commissioned chapter on the relation between conceptual metaphor theory and conceptual blending. Finally there are five chapters presenting novel theoretical issues and empirical findings about the relation between conceptual metaphor and culture. This book is hence a wide-ranging sample of current approaches to metaphor in Cognitive Linguistics, with some chapters breaking new grounds for future research.
Metaphor and Thought
Title | Metaphor and Thought PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew Ortony |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 700 |
Release | 1993-11-26 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780521405614 |
Metaphor and Thought, first published in 1979, reflects the surge of interest in and research into the nature and function of metaphor in language and thought. In this revised and expanded second edition, the editor has invited the contributors to update their original essays to reflect any changes in their thinking. Reorganised to accommodate the shifts in central theoretical issues, the volume also includes six new chapters that present important and influential fresh ideas about metaphor that have appeared in such fields as the philosophy of language and the philosophy of science, linguistics, cognitive and clinical psychology, education and artificial intelligence.
The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor
Title | The Contemporary Theory of Metaphor PDF eBook |
Author | Ning Yu |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | 294 |
Release | 1998-01-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9789027223531 |
This volume aims to contribute to the theory of metaphor from the viewpoint of Chinese, in order to help place the theory into a wider cross-linguistic and cross-cultural perspective. It focuses on metaphors of emotion, the "time as space" metaphor and the Event Structure Metaphor.
Extended Conceptual Metaphor Theory
Title | Extended Conceptual Metaphor Theory PDF eBook |
Author | Zoltán Kövecses |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 211 |
Release | 2020-04-23 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 1108490875 |
Offers an extended, improved version of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), updating it in the context of current linguistic theory.