Where the Meaning of Metaphor Comes From

• 作者: SI Bingyue WU Meixuan
• 来源期刊: 哲学研究:英文版
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: METAPHOR the meaning of metaphor INTIMACY
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（10）
• 页码范围: 678-682
• 页数: 5页
• 分类号: H31

摘要

Metaphor,as an important linguistic phenomenon,has been studied by many famous scholars since ancient Greece.Following recent developments in pertinent research,it can be found that philosophers have begun to use the analytical method of philosophy to study metaphors,starting from a foundation provided by the results of linguistic research already conducted on metaphor.By reviewing the research of metaphor and previous studies on the connotations and extensions of the definitions of metaphor,this paper utilizes the analytical method of philosophy to analyze the meanings of metaphor and the ways to produce them.In fact,we do not have to literally translate the metaphorical sentence to understand the true meaning of the sentence,as the meaning of the metaphor was transformed from our own internal conceptual cognition.In general,the meaning of metaphors is generated through the interaction between our physical bodies and the external world.However,in communication,we found that the meaning of metaphor was generated through the“intimacy”between the communication participants.