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Metaphor-based accounts of expressions involving a set of metaphors do not indicate how complex meaning is
generated. For instance, meaning of the expression ‘this surgeon is a butcher’ is taken to arise from one metaphor: a person
who performs actions with certain characteristics is a member of a profession known for those characteristics (Lakoff, 2008). But this metaphor does not explain its negative meaning. Blending Theory,
in contrast, offers a convincing solution to this issue. Notwithstanding, it regards the expression as nonmetaphorical. I aim to
combine Metaphor Theory and Blending Theory into a broad approach that best describes complex metaphorical expressions. I will
apply it, first, to ‘this surgeon is a butcher’ and, second, to a pair of related proverbs: ‘God is in the details’ and ‘the devil
is in the details’. Meanings of these proverbs will be assumed to emerge from three integration networks. Each operation uses two
metaphors as inputs and yields a blend, comprising a new metaphor and a coded illocutionary force. The new metaphor structures
their meanings, whereas the illocutionary force determines their conditions of use. The proverbs will be shown to behave,
paradoxically, both as synonyms and antonyms.
期刊介绍:
The journal Metaphor and the Social World aims to provide a forum for researchers to share with each other, and with potential research users, work that explores aspects of metaphor and the social world. The term “social world” signals the importance given to context (of metaphor use), to connections (e.g. across social, cognitive and discourse dimensions of metaphor use), and to communication (between individuals or across social groups). The journal is not restricted to a single disciplinary or theoretical framework but welcomes papers based in a range of theoretical approaches to metaphor, including discourse and cognitive linguistic approaches, provided that the theory adequately supports the empirical work. Metaphor may be dealt with as either a matter of language or of thought, or of both; what matters is that consideration is given to the social and discourse contexts in which metaphor is found. Furthermore, “metaphor” is broadly interpreted and articles are welcomed on metonymy and other types of figurative language. A further aim is to encourage the development of high-quality research methodology using metaphor as an investigative tool, and for investigating the nature of metaphor use, for example multi-modal discourse analytic or corpus linguistic approaches to metaphor data. The journal publishes various types of articles, including reports of empirical studies, key articles accompanied by short responses, reviews and meta-analyses with commentaries. The Forum section publishes short responses to papers or current issues.