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Figurative Language – Intersubjectivity and Usage
Edited by Augusto Soares da Silva
[Figurative Thought and Language 11] 2021
► pp. 339–356

The fabric of metaphor in discourse

Interweaving cognition and discourse in figurative language

| Universidade Federal Fluminense
The overall aim of this chapter is to contribute to the debate around the controversy of what might be approached as a conceptual or a local/situated metaphor, by elaborating on a distinction between two theoretical levels. On the one hand, at the level of the conceptual system, we have high-order, off-line representations, such as conceptual metaphors, and, on the other, at the level of use, there are episodic, often deliberate, on-line conceptualizations, such as situated metaphors. Within a cognitive-discursive perspective, it is argued that these two levels are articulated, in a coherent and systematic way, in figurative language in use. An analysis of an extended situated metaphor explored in an argumentative text illustrates the way this articulation may be woven in discourse.
Keywords: conceptual metaphor, situated metaphor, metaphor niche, deliberateness, discourse, local mappings
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Concepts and units of analysis of metaphor in use
  • 3. Online and off-line levels of metaphor in use
  • 4.Exploring local mappings in a metaphor niche
  • 5.Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 19 May 2021
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