On metaphorical views, dynamite, and doodlings
Functions of domain adjectives in metaphorical domain constructions
W. Gudrun Reijnierse | Radboud University Nijmegen
Christian Burgers | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Tina Krennmayr | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Gerard J. Steen | University of Amsterdam
This paper offers a systematic, bottom-up, investigation of the role of adjectives as metaphor signals in metaphorical domain
constructions (MDCs) such as ‘budgetary anorexia’ and ‘economic crash’ within the framework of Deliberate Metaphor Theory (e.g.,
Steen, 2017). To this end, we analyse all MDCs in the VU Amsterdam Metaphor Corpus.
Results of our analyses demonstrate that domain adjectives in MDCs do not by definition constitute signals of metaphor, and that
not all nouns in MDCs are identified as potentially deliberate metaphors. We identify three different functions of domain
adjectives: (1) signal of novel metaphor; (2) signal of conventional metaphor; (3) non-signal. The analyses in this paper provide
new insights into both the role of domain adjectives in MDCs, and the position of MDCs as a typical manifestation of potentially
deliberate metaphor.
Keywords: metaphorical domain constructions, metaphor signalling, deliberate metaphor, domain adjectives, discourse
Published online: 05 November 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/rcl.00017.rei
https://doi.org/10.1075/rcl.00017.rei
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