Metaphor in language use involves the various structures and functions of meaning that constitute the utterances containing metaphorical expressions. For DMT, this involves at least four key issues:<\/p>\n
Every metaphor in language use has specific structures and functions for the mental representation of metaphor in language, thought, reference, and communication within and between people.<\/p>\n
The frequencies of different metaphor structures and functions are not evenly divided by chance; their configurations yield a multi-dimensional taxonomy for different types of metaphor.<\/p>\n
The distributions of distinct metaphor structures and functions, and therefore also of different metaphor types, are not evenly divided by chance across a number of parameters of language use (such as word class, register, and style); the observation and description of these patterns needs to be made more reliable.<\/p>\n
Structural-functional metaphor research suggests that many metaphors are ambiguous between deliberate and non-deliberate meaning. Language users need to resolve this ambiguity in processing and this is one basis for the paradox of metaphor in individual cognition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Metaphor in language use involves the various structures and functions of meaning that constitute the utterances containing metaphorical expressions. For DMT, this involves at least four key issues: A 4D structural-functional model of metaphor in language Every metaphor in language … Continue reading