TY - JOUR
T1 - Principles of metaphor interpretation and the notion of 'domain'
T2 - A proposal for a hybrid model
AU - Shen, Yeshayahu
N1 - Funding Information:
A metaphor is widely viewed as a selective mapping of properties between two (conceptual) domains, the source and the target (e.g., Lakoff and Johnson, 1980; This research was supported by the Israel Science Foundation administered by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities * E-mail: [email protected] I would like to thank Dafna Elkalai tbr her assistance in preparing the materials for the experiment, and Ran Hassin for his assistance in conducting the experiment and analyzing the results.
PY - 1999/11/2
Y1 - 1999/11/2
N2 - Metaphor is widely viewed as the (selective) mapping of properties from one conceptual domain (the 'source') onto another (the 'target'). Two different models of metaphor comprehension are distinguished with respect to this characterization of metaphors: the 'domain-as-a-schema' model, and the 'domain-as-a-taxonomic category' model. These models differ radically from each other with respect to: 1. Their representational assumptions regarding the way knowledge is organized and represented in memory, and 2. Their interpretation principles, namely, the connectivity vs. diagnosticity principles. On the basis of several counter-examples, it is argued that neither model is sufficient to account for certain phenomena regarding metaphor interpretation. As an alternative, a 'hybrid model' of metaphor comprehension is outlined. While preserving the explanatory power of each of the other two models, the 'hybrid model' is capable of accounting for those counter-examples. A multiple-stage experiment is described, which provides some initial empirical support for the hybrid model.
AB - Metaphor is widely viewed as the (selective) mapping of properties from one conceptual domain (the 'source') onto another (the 'target'). Two different models of metaphor comprehension are distinguished with respect to this characterization of metaphors: the 'domain-as-a-schema' model, and the 'domain-as-a-taxonomic category' model. These models differ radically from each other with respect to: 1. Their representational assumptions regarding the way knowledge is organized and represented in memory, and 2. Their interpretation principles, namely, the connectivity vs. diagnosticity principles. On the basis of several counter-examples, it is argued that neither model is sufficient to account for certain phenomena regarding metaphor interpretation. As an alternative, a 'hybrid model' of metaphor comprehension is outlined. While preserving the explanatory power of each of the other two models, the 'hybrid model' is capable of accounting for those counter-examples. A multiple-stage experiment is described, which provides some initial empirical support for the hybrid model.
KW - Category
KW - Connectivity
KW - Diagnosticity
KW - Metaphor
KW - Metaphor comprehension
KW - Schema
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U2 - 10.1016/s0378-2166(99)00035-1
DO - 10.1016/s0378-2166(99)00035-1
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AN - SCOPUS:0033517665
SN - 0378-2166
VL - 31
SP - 1631
EP - 1653
JO - Journal of Pragmatics
JF - Journal of Pragmatics
IS - 12
ER -