Metaphors of time across cultures

Khatin-Zadeh, Omid; Banaruee, Hassan; Reali, Florencia; Tirado, Carlos; Ruiz-Fernández, Susana; Yamada, Yuki; Wang, Ruiming; Nicolas, Robin; Khwaileh, Tariq; Szychowska, Malina; Vestlund, Johanna; Correa, Juan C.; Farsani, Danyal; Butcher, Natalie; Som, Bidisha; Volkonskii, Ivan; Plevoets, Koen; Marmolejo-Ramos, Fernando

doi:10.1007/s41809-023-00125-3

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“…In addition to behavioral and neuroimaging studies, some corpus studies have also provided evidence that supports metaphorical embodiment [78,79]. In one of these studies, Johansson-Falk and Gibbs [80] conducted a corpus study on literal and metaphorical uses of path and road.…”

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A Review of Studies Supporting Metaphorical Embodiment

Khatin-Zadeh,

Farsani,

et al. 2023

Behavioral Sciences

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This paper presents a review of studies that have provided evidence supporting metaphorical embodiment. These studies are divided into three categories of behavioral, neuroimaging, and corpus studies. After summing up the findings of these studies, it is concluded that metaphorical embodiment is supported by these three lines of research. This is followed by a review of a number of studies that have measured sensorimotor and action effector strengths of various concepts. Then, the idea of sensorimotor and action effector strength of concepts is linked to metaphorical embodiment to present the main idea of the paper. Based on the findings of studies that have measured sensorimotor and action effector strengths of concepts, it is suggested that the degree of involvement of sensorimotor systems in mental simulation of metaphoric actions may not be at the same level in all metaphors. It depends on the sensorimotor strength of the base of the metaphor in various modalities. If the base of a metaphor has a high degree of perceptual strength in a certain modality, that modality plays the most important role in the processing of that metaphor, while other modalities take less important roles. In other words, depending on the sensorimotor strengths of the base of a metaphor in various modalities, those modalities have various levels of importance in the processing of that metaphor. If the base of the metaphor is weak in all modalities, modal resources can come into play to process that metaphor.

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Section: Corpus Studies On Metaphorical Embodimentmentioning

confidence: 99%