On the Origin of Metaphors

Domínguez, Martí

doi:10.1080/10926488.2015.1049858

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“…But the suicide of the pilot was unthinkable beforehand and his mental distress led to many metaphors. We observed what I called a metaphoric founder effect in a previous article (Domínguez, 2015c): the genesis and subsequent selection on the fittest metaphors, which will support the rest and help them to develop (Figure 3b). These metaphors, in turn, modify and expand the communicative niche in which they grow.…”

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The Metaphorical New Synthesis: Toward an Eco-Evolutionary Theory of Metaphors

Domínguez

2016

Metaphor and Symbol

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Metaphors are a genuinely human construction. They are used to improve communication and they are a very powerful tool that might have an influence in human evolution. In this article I argue that metaphors, transformed in powerful memes, adapt to a new communicative niche and contribute to transform it. In order to prove this hypothesis, I study 319 cartoons published in the wake of the Germanwings air crash, where I inventory 144 metaphors. The study shows the conceptual metaphor evolution for a period of 2 weeks, and how the metaphors changed as a result of the variations in the communicative niche, becoming much more efficient communicatively.

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“…When a shocking event moves society, new metaphors are created. They interact with each other in order to occupy the new communicative niche (Domínguez, 2015c). The memes' interaction and competition creates an unexpected communicative space, a memetic colonization and an alteration of that space.…”

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The Metaphorical New Synthesis: Toward an Eco-Evolutionary Theory of Metaphors

Domínguez

2016

Metaphor and Symbol

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“…Methodological bases of the research are: works devoted to a cognitive function of the language [4][5][6], linguistic modeling [7][8][9], development of the theory of a metaphor as the mechanism of mental and language development of reality [10][11][12][13]. In the work, the conceptual framework, developed taking into account achievements of modern linguistics in the field of spatial semantics [1,5,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21].…”

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Metaphorical Subject Nomination of Non-spatial Spheres (based on the English language)

Yanina¹,

Egorchenkova²,

Ребрина³

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Proceedings of the 7th International Scientific and Practical Conference "Current Issues of Linguistics and Didactics: The Inte

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-The article presents the results of the spatial metaphor as a way of understanding and nomination of objects and phenomena of directly not observed social, mental and intellectual spheres study. The authors regard the status and the functional importance of nouns denoting limited space for these processes. In the article, the set of English polysemantic spatial nouns denoting limited space are described, semantic multipliers in their basic meaning are revealed, the metaphorical and axiological meanings of polysemants are defined. The authors consider semantic modifications of spatial nouns and describe the models of metaphorical transfers on the basis of re-thinking spatial features. As it is realized, the study results show that in most regular metaphorical models, the metaphorical transfer of spatial characteristics onto the events and phenomena of social sphere is the most frequent. The metaphorical transfer of spatial characteristics onto the mental phenomena is marked by lower frequency, and as a result it is realized in a smaller number of metaphorical models. The metaphorical transfer of spatial characteristics onto intellectual sphere is marked by the lowest frequency. The authors reveal the spatial features which prove to be essential in the evaluation process. The article shows that from a great number of semantic multipliers which characterize limited fragment of space, the following spatial features are actualized: 'size', 'border', 'coordination parameters', 'configuration', 'filling', 'functional characteristics', 'constituents', and 'structural characteristics', 'functional characteristics'. Examples illustrating the functioning of the studied lexical units in the contexts are given.

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“…research on metaphors stated that when there is a strong media impact on a population, different metaphoric images about the event are quickly created and popularized. Furthermore, Domínguez (2015) also stated that different metaphors compete and the fittest occupy a place in the collective imagination, gradually forcing others aside. Therefore, a new communication frame boosts the emergence of new metaphors, which then start evolving and competing with each other (Domínguez, 2015, p. 247).…”

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“…In his research, Gallagher discusses political metaphors in USA by using some data from political speeches of some American presidents. Besides that, Domínguez (2015) who also conducted the…”

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Metaphors and Arguments to Semantic Political Metaphors in Indonesian Mass Media and Its Persuasive Effect Toward Readers

Widiana

Yustisiana

2016

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Abstract:The research is aimed to describe kinds of political metaphors and their metaphorical meanings. Furthermore, the persuasive effect of political metaphors in mass media toward the readers is also analyzed based on certain parameters. The pragmatic equivalent method and the referential equivalent method are applied to analyze the data. The kinds of political metaphors include metaphors with nature as a parable, metaphors with plants as a parable, metaphors with terms from various fields, metaphors with common things as a parable, metaphors with particular verbs, and metaphors with particular adjectives. The readers could comprehend political metaphors well although their interest in political news is low. Apparently, the persuasive effect of political metaphors on the public is high. It becomes a trigger for people to take action to create a better political atmosphere.

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On the Origin of Metaphors

Cited by 18 publications

References 52 publications

The Metaphorical New Synthesis: Toward an Eco-Evolutionary Theory of Metaphors

The Metaphorical New Synthesis: Toward an Eco-Evolutionary Theory of Metaphors

Metaphorical Subject Nomination of Non-spatial Spheres (based on the English language)

Metaphors and Arguments to Semantic Political Metaphors in Indonesian Mass Media and Its Persuasive Effect Toward Readers

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