Conceptual Metaphor – Model and Mental Construct
Conceptual Metaphor – Model and Mental Construct

Author(s): Cristina Rusu-Marian, Claudia Rusu-Marian, Doina Butiurcă
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Keywords: conceptual metaphor; cognitive function; generalisation;abstraction;metaphorisation
Summary/Abstract: The study proposes to define the status of the conceptual metaphor from a contrastive perspective. Shaping the scientific concepts in the base of a metaphorical model cannot be separated from the domain of logic. The conceptual metaphor has a cognitive function. Selecting the database for the transfer complies with the objective factors allowing a more efficient exploitation of the ontological, through generalisation/abstraction: the equivalences, the stability of rapports among the domains, the dependence of the “locutor” on the mental stereotypes, the tendency to reflect the traits of the phenomenon in conditions of conceptual transparency etc. The process of metaphorisation is not carried out at random, but respecting certain logical patterns.

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