Evaluation of Conceptual Metaphor Theory

According to cognitivists Lakoff and Johnson unlike the traditional views, metaphor is not limited to words and language .Metaphor, in this view, is conceptual matter that created at the level of ideas and the human mind. So, metaphor, unlike traditional definitions, is not specified for poetry and...

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Main Author: Morteza Barati
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Published: Semnan University 2018-02-01
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description According to cognitivists Lakoff and Johnson unlike the traditional views, metaphor is not limited to words and language .Metaphor, in this view, is conceptual matter that created at the level of ideas and the human mind. So, metaphor, unlike traditional definitions, is not specified for poetry and literature and literary imagination, but covers our conceptual system from the most abstract to the most tangible ones and plays the main role in defining the realities of life. This article is intended to provide a comprehensive evaluation of conceptual theory of metaphor. The most serious criticisms of this theory come from the two domains, mainly criticizing the type of data and the methodology of this theory, and secondarily criticizing the results of the data in it.
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spelling doaj-art-a6875fadcef140b9bf15a1358d2de7bf2025-01-15T08:13:59ZfasSemnan Universityمطالعات زبانی و بلاغی2008-95702717-090X2018-02-01816518410.22075/jlrs.2018.11867.10542999Evaluation of Conceptual Metaphor TheoryMorteza Barati0Phd in Persian Language and LiteratureAccording to cognitivists Lakoff and Johnson unlike the traditional views, metaphor is not limited to words and language .Metaphor, in this view, is conceptual matter that created at the level of ideas and the human mind. So, metaphor, unlike traditional definitions, is not specified for poetry and literature and literary imagination, but covers our conceptual system from the most abstract to the most tangible ones and plays the main role in defining the realities of life. This article is intended to provide a comprehensive evaluation of conceptual theory of metaphor. The most serious criticisms of this theory come from the two domains, mainly criticizing the type of data and the methodology of this theory, and secondarily criticizing the results of the data in it.https://rhetorical.semnan.ac.ir/article_2999_5f18b5d0af104c8279a09e33a97bc1a9.pdfconceptual systemconceptual metaphorlakoff and johnsonnon-metaphorical concepts
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Evaluation of Conceptual Metaphor Theory
مطالعات زبانی و بلاغی
conceptual system
conceptual metaphor
lakoff and johnson
non-metaphorical concepts
title Evaluation of Conceptual Metaphor Theory
title_full Evaluation of Conceptual Metaphor Theory
title_fullStr Evaluation of Conceptual Metaphor Theory
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of Conceptual Metaphor Theory
title_short Evaluation of Conceptual Metaphor Theory
title_sort evaluation of conceptual metaphor theory
topic conceptual system
conceptual metaphor
lakoff and johnson
non-metaphorical concepts
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