The AaO as building block in the coupling of text kinematics with the resonating structure of a metaphor

Bernhard Bierschenk, Inger Bierschenk

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Abstract

This article presents a study of the metaphor as instrument for the direct perception of events. Its major hypothesis refers to the event structure embedded in the ground of a metaphor. Since the ground is implicit in the linguistic manifestation, an invariant representation of textual movement patterns is assumed to capture the event structure. Experimentally, it is demonstrated that an event is perceivable only through structure. To capture the event means to conserve its structure. As a result, it is demonstrated that the functional symmetry of a metaphor can be established in the form of attractors evolving in state spaces.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherCopenhagen University & Lund University
Number of pages30
Volume85
Publication statusPublished - 2002

Publication series

NameKognitionsvetenskaplig forskning / Cognitive Science Research
Volume85
ISSN (Print)0281-9864

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Psychology

Free keywords

  • unfolded event structure
  • simile
  • metaphoric ground
  • comprehension
  • conceptual symmetry
  • figurative language
  • construction procedures
  • foliation
  • transformation

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