Are metaphorical classes essentially abstract?

Omid Khatin-Zadeh, Zahra Eskandari, Florencia Reali, Hassan Banaruee, Fernando Marmolejo-Ramos

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Resumen

This article compares abstract concepts and metaphorical classes in order to emphasize the abstract nature of metaphorical classes. Sam Glucksberg (2003) used the expression “abstract superordinate categories” to refer to metaphorical classes. Drawing on this proposal and George Lakoff & Mark Johnson’s (1980) conceptual metaphor theory, this article suggests that metaphorical classes and abstract concepts share three essential features: (1) members of abstract concepts and metaphorical classes are highly diverse and heterogeneous; (2) both metaphorical classes and abstract concepts are highly reliant on situations and culture; (3) both metaphorical classes and abstract concepts are reliant on semantic associations and external concepts rather than intrinsic properties. Therefore, it may be claimed that metaphorical classes are a special group of abstract concepts with a special type of behavior.

Idioma originalInglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)85-98
Número de páginas14
PublicaciónCognitive Linguistic Studies
Volumen10
N.º1
DOI
EstadoPublicada - 5 oct. 2023
Publicado de forma externa

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