Linguistic synesthesia is metaphorical: a lexical-conceptual account

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Cognitive Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-06-24 DOI:10.1515/cog-2021-0098

Qingqing Zhao, K. Ahrens, Chu-Ren Huang

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Abstract

Abstract This study seeks to clarify the nature of linguistic synesthesia using a lexical-conceptual account. Based on a lexical analysis of Mandarin synesthetic usages, we find that (1) linguistic synesthesia maps the metaphorical meaning between two domains; and (2) linguistic synesthetic mappings and conceptual metaphoric mappings have similar behaviors when sense modalities are treated as conceptual domains that contain a set of mappings constrained by Mapping Principles. This lexical-conceptual account is designed to capture the fact that linguistic synesthesia involves mapping between lexicalized concepts of sensory properties, instead of the real-time sensory input that is processed in neurological synesthesia. The incorporation of a lexical semantic view with the framework of Conceptual Metaphor Theory not only offers a coherent and comprehensive account for the nature of linguistic synesthesia, but also handles aspects of linguistic synesthesia previously only accounted for by non-metaphorical accounts. These design features make this proposal the most comprehensive account to fit the current data. Furthermore, by showing linguistic synesthesia as a type of metaphor, our study strengthens the role of conceptual metaphors as the link between the perceived world and our conceptualization of that world.

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语言联觉是隐喻性的:一种词汇-概念的解释

摘要本研究试图用词汇-概念解释来阐明语言联觉的本质。通过对汉语通感用法的词汇分析，我们发现:(1)语言通感映射了两个领域之间的隐喻意义;(2)当感觉模态被视为包含一组受映射原则约束的映射的概念域时，语言联觉映射和概念隐喻映射具有相似的行为。这种词汇-概念解释的目的是捕捉这样一个事实，即语言联觉涉及到感觉属性的词汇化概念之间的映射，而不是在神经联觉中处理的实时感觉输入。词汇语义观与概念隐喻理论框架的结合不仅为语言联觉的本质提供了连贯和全面的解释，而且还处理了以前只能由非隐喻解释的语言联觉的各个方面。这些设计特点使该方案成为最全面的符合当前数据的方案。此外，通过显示语言联觉是隐喻的一种类型，我们的研究加强了概念隐喻作为感知世界和我们对这个世界的概念化之间的联系的作用。

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Cognitive Linguistics Multiple-

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3.30

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17.60%

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期刊介绍： Cognitive Linguistics presents a forum for linguistic research of all kinds on the interaction between language and cognition. The journal focuses on language as an instrument for organizing, processing and conveying information. Cognitive Linguistics is a peer-reviewed journal of international scope and seeks to publish only works that represent a significant advancement to the theory or methods of cognitive linguistics, or that present an unknown or understudied phenomenon. Topics the structural characteristics of natural language categorization (such as prototypicality, cognitive models, metaphor, and imagery); the functional principles of linguistic organization, as illustrated by iconicity; the conceptual interface between syntax and semantics; the experiential background of language-in-use, including the cultural background; the relationship between language and thought, including matters of universality and language specificity.