ZNAK JĘZYKOWY JAKO PRZYKŁAD METAFORY ONTOLOGICZNEJ W NAUCE
Linguistic Sign as an Example of Ontological Metaphor in Scholarly Studies

Summary/Abstract: Conceptual metaphor which allows understanding abstract phenomena by means of inference patterns and knowledge based on real physical experience is a crucial tool in scholarly thinking. Ontological metaphors play the major role here, drawing abstractions and processes onto the level of material beings, making them more understandable, but reducing possible conceptualizations of described phenomena. These metaphors also create linguistic reflection. The article shows ontological metaphors, used by Ferdinand de Saussure in The Course of General Linguistics, in which he presents his concept of linguistic sign.

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