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Sign Language Literature Chapter 10 - Coggle Diagram
Sign Language Literature Chapter 10
Metaphor
The function of metaphor in language [can be seen] as a way to embody ideas connecting thought with bodily experience... [D]eaf culture necessarily unites the body and the mind: communication and self-expression happen with the body, and thus, must be enacted or performed.
Overview of Metaphor
Traditional views on metaphor, represented by Aristotle and Cicero, regarded metaphor as intentional misuse of language, so that it is a deviant and decorative way to express our thought which can be rewritten with an orthodox.
Three types of metaphor
Lakoff and Johnson (1980) identified three types of metaphor: orientational, ontological and structural.
Ontological metaphor allows us to talk about abstracts ideas, events, states, emotions and so on as if they were concrete objects and substances.
Structural metaphor uses rich and systematic ways of mapping internal patterns of source and target concepts - as in the example of LIFE IS A JOURNEY.
Orientational metaphor is the association between abstract concepts and directions (such as GOOD IS UP, BAD IS DOWN).
English speakers may use following expressions: It's time to move on. We were sidetracked. II was at one of those crucial life turning points and didn't know which road to take. My scholarships paid my way through college.
Poetic metaphor: extrending, elaborating, questioning, and combining
Cognitive linguists, following Lakoff and Johnson, treat metaphors as everyday phenomena and use conventional metaphors to illustrate their points.
Extending
Extending turns an ordinary metaphor into a poetic one by adding new elements to the metaphor.
Elaborating
Elaborating makes use of an existing element but uses iit in an unusual way.
Questioning
The third practice of turning conventional metaphor into an original one is through questioning. Poets can take conventional metaphor into poetic language.
Combining
The last type of creating innovative metaphor is composing (or combining). It is the way to combine more than one source.
Metaphor at the phonological level
A particular feature of sign language is that metaphorical associations can take place at the smallest language level (that is, withiini. in phonology).
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