Boxing and chess confronted: an insight into conceptual metaphor theory and blending theory
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Boxing and chess confronted: an insight into conceptual metaphor theory and blending theoryAuthor (s)
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2014-09-24Publisher
Universitat Jaume IAbstract
Recent studies in Cognitive Linguistics suggest that the perception of metaphor has changed
significantly since the end of the 20th century. As a consequence, several authors have written
theories about metaphor ... [+]
Recent studies in Cognitive Linguistics suggest that the perception of metaphor has changed
significantly since the end of the 20th century. As a consequence, several authors have written
theories about metaphor comprehension trying to explain the processes beyond that
comprehension. The purpose of this paper is to compare two of the most influential theories in
this field namely Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Blending Theory as an attempt to explain
which processes are beyond the comprehension of metaphorical expressions and which theory
accounts better for that comprehension. In order to achieve this purpose, we will analyse
several metaphorical expressions according to both theories concerning the domains of
boxing and chess. Results will show that Blending Theory accounts better for the
comprehension of such utterances than Conceptual Metaphor Theory, since the former
provides information that the latter cannot adequately account for. In addition, Blending
Theory also illustrates that the two domains proposed in this paper (boxing and chess) are
likely comprehensible in terms of each other in contrast to the unidirectionality proposed by
Conceptual Metaphor Theory. However, we will argue that these two theories are
complementary rather than exclusive. The main implication of this study is that nearly any
metaphorical expression can be understood if background knowledge is shared. Furthermore,
there can be other theories which can complement the two analysed in this paper and therefore
provide an even wider view on metaphor comprehension. [-]
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Treball Final de Grau en Estudis Anglesos. Codi: EA0938. Curs acadèmic 2013-2014
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