The Role(s) of Metaphor in Olfactory Language: A Corpus-Led Semantic Analysis

隐喻在嗅觉语言中的作用：语料库主导的语义分析

• 批准号: 2578195
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Glasgow
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2578195
• 关键词: Role; Metaphor; Olfactory; Language; Corpus

Direct olfactory vocabulary is severely limited in the English lexicon, so speakers must use words from other areas of the language to accurately describe their sensory experiences (such as rich, green, sweet, loud, mature, etc). This PhD will investigate how English speakers communicate these experiences, with a particular focus on the use of metaphor. At heart, it addresses what the lexical and semantic structure is in English of the domain of olfactive experience. This is understudied from a semantic perspective, and a thorough analysis as proposed here would contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of how the senses are expressed in language and how speakers seek to communicate sensory experiences, which cannot be directly shared and must be mediated by language. This breaks down into three linked sub-questions:Which semantic domains are the major sources of sensory metaphors relating to smell, and in what contexts are they used? Speakers' choice of metaphorical domain allows us to understand their cultural priorities, and the context in which those metaphors are used reveals speakers' attitudes towards those domains. What patterns are visible in how these metaphors are used in discourse? I will investigate how context changes the choice of metaphor a speaker might make- for example, is there a difference in metaphor use between everyday conversation and more 'professional' uses, like commercial advertisement? By understanding these patterns, we can build a picture of how people communicate their sensory experiences through physical and temporal distance according to the reasons and motivations behind their communication.Have these patterns changed over time, and how are the sensory metaphors we use today different compared to those used in the past? Investigating this question will allow us to understand how speakers' priorities have changed as they reach for different analogies, and how attitudes towards various semantic domains have changed over time.

直接嗅觉词汇在英语词汇中受到严重限制，因此说话者必须使用语言其他领域的词汇来准确描述他们的感官体验（如丰富，绿色，甜蜜，响亮，成熟等）。这个博士学位将研究讲英语的人如何交流这些经验，特别关注隐喻的使用。从本质上讲，它解决了什么是词汇和语义结构的嗅觉经验领域的英语。这是从语义的角度研究不足，这里提出的一个彻底的分析将有助于更全面地了解感官是如何在语言中表达的，以及说话者如何寻求沟通的感官经验，这不能直接分享，必须通过语言来调解。这分为三个相互关联的子问题：哪些语义域是与气味有关的感官隐喻的主要来源，以及它们在什么语境中使用？说话人对隐喻域的选择可以让我们了解他们的文化优先级，而使用这些隐喻的语境则反映了说话人对这些域的态度。这些隐喻在语篇中的使用有哪些模式？我将研究语境如何改变说话者对隐喻的选择--例如，在日常对话和更“专业”的使用（如商业广告）之间，隐喻的使用是否有区别？通过理解这些模式，我们可以了解人们如何根据沟通背后的原因和动机，通过物理和时间距离来传达他们的感官体验。这些模式是否随着时间的推移而改变，我们今天使用的感官隐喻与过去相比有何不同？调查这个问题将使我们了解说话者的优先级如何随着他们达到不同的类比而变化，以及对各种语义域的态度如何随着时间的推移而变化。