Metaphor in the Mind

The Cognition of Metaphor1

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4079601
AutoresElisabeth Camp (0000-0003-3919-495X, Harvard University Press, autor correspondente)
Ano2006
Volume1
Fascículo2
Páginas154-170
Data de publicação2006-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPhilosophy Compass (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1747-9991 • E-ISSN: 1747-9991
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1747-9991.2006.00013.x
OpenAlexW2152317020
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas12
Referências citadas56

The most sustained and innovative recent work on metaphor has occurred in cognitive science and psychology. Psycholinguistic investigation suggests that novel, poetic metaphors are processed differently than literal speech, while relatively conventionalized and contextually salient metaphors are processed more like literal speech. This conflicts with the view of "cognitive linguists" like George Lakoff that all or nearly all thought is essentially metaphorical. There are currently four main cognitive models of metaphor comprehension: juxtaposition, category-transfer, feature-matching, and structural alignment. Structural alignment deals best with the widest range of examples; but it still fails to account for the complexity and richness of fairly novel, poetic metaphors

Cognition · Cognitive psychology · Cognitive science · Comprehension · Conceptual metaphor · Figure of speech · Linguistics · Metaphor · Poetry · Salient · Categorization, perception, and language · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence