Are 'deliberate' metaphors really deliberate? A question of human consciousness and action
Are 'deliberate' metaphors really deliberate? A question of human consciousness and action
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10.1075/msw.1.1.03gib
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
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0.9
通讯作者：
Gibbs, Raymond W., Jr.
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作者：
Gibbs, Raymond W., Jr.
一些隐喻学者提出，在口语和书面语中，某些著名的隐喻表达可能是有意为之，并有意为其特殊的修辞目的而使用。刻意隐喻不同于传统的隐喻，后者通常是无意识地产生的，说话者和听众、作者和读者在进行隐喻话语时都心照不闻。本文结合当代认知科学对意义、意识和人类行为的研究，探讨了一些关于故意隐喻的常见假设。我的观点是，与流行的观点相反，刻意的隐喻在创造和使用上可能不像传统上认为的那样“刻意”，因此与其他形式的隐喻语言没有本质上的不同。此外，参与深思熟虑的思维过程往往是创造新颖、恰当的语言隐喻的错误方式。
Some metaphor scholars have proposed that certain notable metaphorical expressions in speech and writing may have been deliberately composed, and quite consciously employed for their special rhetorical purposes. Deliberate metaphors are different from conventional ones, which are typically produced automatically and thoughtlessly, something that speakers and listeners, authors and readers, tacitly recognize when they engage in metaphoric discourse. This article explores some of these common assumptions about deliberate metaphor in light of contemporary research in cognitive science on meaning, consciousness and human action. My claim is that deliberate metaphors, contrary to the popular view, may not be as 'deliberate' in their creation and use as is traditionally believed, and therefore are not essentially different from other forms of metaphoric language. Moreover, engaging in deliberative thought processes is often exactly the wrong way to create novel, apt verbal metaphors.