Perception Metaphors

Laura Jane Speed; Carolyn O'Meara; Lila San Roque; Asifa Majid

Perception Metaphors

Laura Jane Speed, Carolyn O'Meara, Lila San Roque, Asifa Majid

Psychology

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Abstract

Metaphor allows us to think and talk about one thing in terms of another, ratcheting up our cognitive and expressive capacity. It gives us concrete terms for abstract phenomena, for example, ideas become things we can grasp or let go of. Perceptual experience—characterised as physical and relatively concrete—should be an ideal source domain in metaphor, and a less likely target. But is this the case across diverse languages? And are some sensory modalities perhaps more concrete than others? This volume presents critical new data on perception metaphors from over 40 languages, including many which are under-studied. Aside from the wealth of data from diverse languages—modern and historical; spoken and signed—a variety of methods (e.g., natural language corpora, experimental) and theoretical approaches are brought together. This collection highlights how perception metaphor can offer both a bedrock of common experience and a source of continuing innovation in human communication.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Publisher	John Benjamins Publishing Company
Volume	19
Publication status	Published - 2019

Publication series

Name	Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research
Publisher	John Benjamins Publishing Company
Volume	19

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