The Paradox of Metaphor: Why We Need a Three-Dimensional Model of Metaphor
The Paradox of Metaphor: Why We Need a Three-Dimensional Model of Metaphor
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隐喻的悖论：为什么我们需要隐喻的三维模型
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10.1080/10926480802426753
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2008
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G. Steen
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作者：
G. Steen
目前关于隐喻在语言和思维方面的研究成果可以解释为隐喻悖论的产生；也就是说，大多数隐喻不是通过涉及某种形式的比较的跨域映射以隐喻的方式处理的。这个悖论可以通过关注隐喻在交际中的一个关键方面来解决：隐喻是否被故意用作隐喻的问题。很可能大多数刻意的隐喻都是隐喻性的（通过比较），而大多数非刻意的隐喻则可能被认为是典型的不隐喻性的（即通过分类）。这就解决了隐喻的悖论，因为它表明所有“交际中的隐喻”（所有刻意的隐喻）都是以隐喻的方式处理的。本文对隐喻刻意性的概念和话语中隐喻的三维模型的性质进行了详细的评论，包括隐喻在语言、思想和交际中的作用。
Current research findings on metaphor in language and thought may be interpreted as producing a paradox of metaphor; that is, most metaphor is not processed metaphorically by a cross-domain mapping involving some form of comparison. This paradox can be resolved by attending to one crucial aspect of metaphor in communication: the question whether metaphor is used as deliberately metaphorical or not. It is likely that most deliberate metaphor is processed metaphorically (by comparison), as opposed to most nondeliberate metaphor, which may be assumed to be typically not processed metaphorically (that is, by categorization). This resolves the paradox of metaphor because it suggests that all “metaphor in communication” (all deliberate metaphor) is processed metaphorically. Detailed comments are offered on the notion of metaphor deliberateness and on the nature of a three-dimensional model of metaphor in discourse involving metaphor in language, thought, and communication.