Perception Metaphors

Editors

Laura J. Speed

| University of York and Radboud University

Carolyn O'Meara

| National Autonomous University of Mexico and Radboud University

Lila San Roque

| Radboud University

Asifa Majid

| University of York and Radboud University

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Metaphor allows us to think and talk about one thing in terms of another, ratcheting up our cognitive and expressive capacity. It gives us concrete terms for abstract phenomena, for example, ideas become things we can grasp or let go of. Perceptual experience—characterised as physical and relatively concrete—should be an ideal source domain in metaphor, and a less likely target. But is this the case across diverse languages? And are some sensory modalities perhaps more concrete than others? This volume presents critical new data on perception metaphors from over 40 languages, including many which are under-studied. Aside from the wealth of data from diverse languages—modern and historical; spoken and signed—a variety of methods (e.g., natural language corpora, experimental) and theoretical approaches are brought together. This collection highlights how perception metaphor can offer both a bedrock of common experience and a source of continuing innovation in human communication.

[Converging Evidence in Language and Communication Research, 19] 2019. vii, 382 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/celcr.19

Table of Contents

Preface Asifa Majid	vii–viii
Chapter 1. Perception metaphors: A view from diversity Carolyn O'Meara, Laura J. Speed, Lila San Roque and Asifa Majid	1–16
Chapter 2. Words of sense Constance Classen	17–41
Chapter 3. Perception metaphors in cognitive linguistics: Scope, motivation, and lexicalisation Iraide Ibarretxe-Antuñano	43–64
Chapter 4. Perception metaphor in English: A bird’s-eye view Wendy Anderson	65–83
Chapter 5. Metaphors and perception in the lexicon: A diachronic perspective Francesca Strik Lievers and Irene De Felice	85–104
Chapter 6. Synaesthetic metaphors are neither synaesthetic nor metaphorical Bodo Winter	105–126
Chapter 7. Sensory experiences, meaning and metaphor: The case of wine Rosario Caballero	127–143
Chapter 8. Taste metaphors in Hieroglyphic Egyptian Elisabeth Steinbach-Eicke	145–164
Chapter 9. Why do we understand music as moving? The metaphorical basis of musical motion revisited Nina Julich-Warpakowksi	165–184
Chapter 10. Approaching perceptual qualities: The case of heavy Daria Ryzhova, Ekaterina Rakhilina and Liliya Kholkina	185–207
Chapter 11. Grounding mental metaphors in touch: A corpus-based study of English and Polish Marcin Trojszczak	209–230
Chapter 12. Polysemy of the Estonian perception verb nägema ‘to see’ Mariann Proos	231–252
Chapter 13. Evidential vindication in next turn: Using the retrospective “see?” in conversation Kobin H. Kendrick	253–274
Chapter 14. Sensory perception metaphors in sign languages Ulrike Zeshan and Nick Palfreyman	275–301
Chapter 15. Metaphors of perception in Japanese Sign Language Yufuko Takashima	303–326
Chapter 16. Perception and metaphor: The case of smell Zoltán Kövecses	327–346
Chapter 17. Perception verbs in context: Perspectives from Kaluli (Bosavi) child-caregiver interaction Lila San Roque and Bambi B. Schieffelin	347–368
List of metaphors	369–371
Index	373

“For too long, cognitivist (cognitive science) studies has lorded it over sensory studies. This book has the potential to reverse that trend thanks to its close attention to the sensuous.”

David Howes, Concordia University

“[...] Perception Metaphors is a timely publication. It deals with something that interests many linguists right now. If you are not yet familiar with this topic, this edited volume is a good place to start.”

Heli Tissari, Stockholm University, on Linguist List 30.4226 (7 November 2019) http://linguistlist.org/issues/30/30-4226.html

“To conclude, the volume Perception Metaphor provides a great resource for scholars interested in understanding what are the hot topics, the open questions, and the challenges involved in the blooming research field of perception metaphor.”

Marianna M. Bolognesi, University of Bologna, in Journal of Pragmatics 155 (2020) 160 – 162

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