On the Metaphorical Connectivity of Cultural Sign Systems

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ID13085751
AutoresMarcel Danesi (0000-0002-1826-013X, University of Toronto, autor correspondente)
Ano2013
Volume1
Fascículo1
Páginas33-49
Data de publicação2013-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSigns and Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2326-4489 • E-ISSN: 2326-4497
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1086/670164
OpenAlexW1982206540
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas37

Theories of culture based on signs and systems are found across the interdisciplinary spectrum. There seems to be a growing consensus across disciplines that the forms of culture (linguistic, material, aesthetic, ritualistic, etc.) are connected to each other in some way. With the advent of conceptual metaphor theory, this article claims that the cognitive mechanism (metaphor) connecting the forms can be found in this theoretical framework. It also puts forward the notion of metaform as a nonverbal counterpart to a conceptual metaphor. In this way, it is possible to link signs and systems to each other into a network of distributed meanings that constitute a culture

Cognition · Cognitive science · Conceptual metaphor · Epistemology · Linguistics · Mechanism (biology · Metaphor · Nonverbal communication · Sign (mathematics · Sociology · Action Observation and Synchronization · Communication · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology