Chapter published in:
Motion and Space across Languages: Theory and applications
Edited by Iraide Ibarretxe-Antuñano
[Human Cognitive Processing 59] 2017
► pp. 229–254

Chapter 8
Metaphorical motion constructions across specialized genres

| Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

In this paper I discuss the metaphorical motivation of the figurative – fictive and metaphorical – motion constructions found in architecture, wine, and tennis texts as the preliminary step to argue for the need to adopt a discourse approach to exploring fictive motion in general. My main contention is that in order to explore this phenomenon particular attention needs to be paid to the topic(s) thus predicated, the users of the metaphors (bringing in the discourse communities they belong to), and the characteristics of the discourses and genre(s) where the expressions are used.

Keywords: metaphorical motion, genre, sensory data, image metaphor, conceptual metaphor, synaesthesia
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.An overview of figurative motion: Fictive and metaphorical cases
    • 2.1Fictive motion
    • 2.2Metaphorical motion
  • 3.Figurative motion across three specific discourses and genres
    • 3.1Motion constructions in tennis reports
    • 3.2Motion constructions in architectural reviews
    • 3.3Motion constructions in wine tasting notes
  • 4.Discussion
  • 5.Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 14 August 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/hcp.59.10cab
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