Evaluating Conceptual Metaphor Theory
Evaluating Conceptual Metaphor Theory
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DOI：
10.1080/0163853x.2011.606103
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Gibbs, Raymond W., Jr.
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作者：
Gibbs, Raymond W., Jr.
30年前，随着概念隐喻理论的提出，隐喻研究发生了一场重大的革命。与以往的隐喻和隐喻意义理论不同，CMT认为隐喻不仅是语言的一个方面，而且是人类思维的一个基本组成部分。事实上，大多数隐喻性语言都来自于预先存在的隐喻思维模式或概念隐喻。本文对支持CMT的语言学和心理学证据进行了评价，并对认知科学领域学者对CMT的一些批评做出了回应。本文还从具身模拟和动力系统理论的角度对概念隐喻进行了新的思考。
A major revolution in the study of metaphor occurred 30 years ago with the introduction of "conceptual metaphor theory" (CMT). Unlike previous theories of metaphor and metaphorical meaning, CMT proposed that metaphor is not just an aspect of language, but a fundamental part of human thought. Indeed, most metaphorical language arises from preexisting patterns of metaphorical thought or conceptual metaphors. This article provides an evaluation of the linguistic and psychological evidence supporting CMT, and responds to some of the criticisms of CMT offered by scholars within cognitive science. Some new ways of thinking of conceptual metaphors from the perspective of embodied simulations and dynamical systems theory are also presented.