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Inheritance of Features in Metaphoric Mappings in English (Paperback, New edition)
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Inheritance of Features in Metaphoric Mappings in English (Paperback, New edition)
Series: Crossroads and Interfaces: Studies in Linguistics and Literature, 26
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The book is devoted to conceptual metaphors in English according to
the level of abstraction in their target domains. The findings
reveal a striking difference between mappings onto concrete domains
and mappings onto abstract ones. In metaphors with concrete target
domains, a preexisting similarity between the source and target
concepts can be revealed or highlighted. In contrast, when the
target domain is abstract, the similarity between the source and
target concepts is created rather than merely revealed or
highlighted. To some degree, creation of similarity is possible
even with concrete domains, but in abstract ones it is necessary,
not optional. This is because abstract concepts have little or no
schematic structure in the first place. Since abstract concepts are
classified in language as kinds of physical objects, they inherit
rudimentary physical properties, such as density, weight,
temperature, etc. Looking at metaphors from this perspective allows
us to refine the existing theories of metaphor.
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