Perspective Of Metaphor Research Articles

A Study of Chinese Translation of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language from the Perspective of Grammatical Metaphor

In Systemic Functional Linguistics, grammatical metaphor is categorized into ideational and interpersonal types. Translation, as a process of code-switching, involves choosing between congruent and metaphorical forms, each serving different communicative purposes. Distinguishing these forms clarifies their distinct functions. This paper explores the use and importance of grammatical metaphors in translating The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language based on the author’s independent translation practice. Given this, the study achieves three objectives through quantitative and qualitative analysis: (1) examining the distribution of grammatical metaphors in the translation of The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language; (2) exploring the reasons behind their emergence; and (3) analyzing the role these metaphors play in the translation. Translation strategies were classified into two types based on the retention of grammatical metaphors: congruent translation, which simplifies the text and reduces metaphors, and metaphorical translation, which sustains a formal, academic, and concise style. The study reveals that the same translation techniques can be applied across various word, sentence, and text types, with different contexts requiring different methods even for identical grammatical and semantic units. Regardless of whether metaphors are retained, it is essential to ensure faithfulness, fluency, and aesthetics of the translation. Translators should avoid rigid application and decide on metaphor preservation based on the specific context and text type to best convey the original meaning.

Taking the temperature of time: The influence of temperature on people's metaphorical perspectives on time through emotion

AbstractSpace provides the conceptual scaffolding for the understanding of time. Customarily, the movement of events in time is metaphorically conceptualized from two spatial perspectives: the ego‐moving perspective that envisions an observer moving towards a stationary future and the time‐moving perspective that envisages the future moving towards a stationary observer. Extensive work has shown that emotions of opposite valence can yield contrary temporal perspective preferences. Relatedly, much evidence suggests that physical warmth and coldness prompt antithetical emotional evaluations. Threading together these two strands of insights, the current research explored whether ambient temperatures would influence people's metaphorical perspectives on time through a common link to emotion. Study 1 suggested that when deciphering two temporally ambiguous statements, people in warmer spring preferred the ego‐moving perspective, whilst those in colder winter favoured the time‐moving perspective. To determine a causal effect and test the hypothesized underlying mechanism of emotion, Study 2 examined the priming effect of temperature on temporal perspective preferences and emotional states. The results showed that differential temperatures induced opposite emotional responses, which in turn prompted diametric perspectives on time. These findings were replicated in Study 3 using an alternative measure of perspectives on time. Study 4 further validated the mediating role of emotion in the temperature–time relationship. Taken together, the current findings evince a unidirectional relationship between the incidental environmental factor of temperature and the metaphorical representation of time and accentuate the roles of sensory perception and emotional experience in temporal cognition.

Multi-modal Chinese Text Emotion Metaphor Computation Based on Mutual Information and Information Entropy

Metaphor is to express another thing through one thing, it is not only a rhetorical means, but also embodies a kind of analogical cognition and way of thinking of people. In recent years, metaphors have made more and more progress in Chinese language recognition, so their status has gradually risen. Chinese language sentiment analysis is a relatively difficult problem in language processing. Chinese language semantics is ambiguous and complex, so it is a great challenge to construct Chinese Emotion structure. In this paper, Chinese nouns and Chinese verbs are used as test samples to conduct metaphor test calculation. The test results of mutual information and information entropy show that for the sample metaphor calculation, the correct rate of individual words is less than 70%. The ratio between the macro-average of gerund words and the baseline fluctuates relatively large. The metaphor recognition of nouns is about 20% higher than the original test results and about 10% higher for verbs. It shows that under the action of mutual information and information entropy, the metaphor recognition performance of the basic structure of Chinese Emotion constructed from the perspective of metaphor is improved, and further illustrates the feasibility of mutual information and information entropy algorithm for building the basic structure.

A Study on the Construction of Ecological Consciousness in The Old Man and the Sea from the Perspective of Conceptual Metaphor

A Study on the Construction of Ecological Consciousness in <i>The Old Man and the Sea</i> from the Perspective of Conceptual Metaphor

Life is so Short, Future is so Long: The Relationship between Life History Strategies and People’s Metaphorical Perspectives on Time

Accruing evidence has attested to the plasticity of people’s metaphorical perspectives on the movement of events in time, which oscillate between the ego-moving perspective and the time-moving perspective contingent on, among others, perception of distance to the future by virtue of individual differences in lifestyle and personality. Building on and extending this avenue of inquiry, the current research investigated the relationship between life history strategy, another time-related construct, and the preferred perspective in the resolution of a temporally ambiguous question. Studies based on self-report (Study 1) and behavioral (Study 2) measures showed consistent results, such that individuals with a fast life history strategy and those who preferred the smaller-sooner reward tended to adopt the ego-moving perspective, whereas individuals with a slow life history strategy and those who preferred the larger-later reward tended to adopt the time-moving perspective. Examination of the priming effect of temporal perspectives on intertemporal decision-making revealed that differential perceptions of temporal distance underlay the strategy-time relationship (Study 3). Taken as a whole, the current findings suggested that individual differences in life history strategy may also influence people’s preferred perspective in the interpretation of ambiguous language related to time.

‘Refuse Dump, Hurry Up!’: A Cognitive Onomastic and Cultural Metaphor Perspective of Nzema Death-Prevention Names

African personal names have communicative contents that reflect the experiences and expectations of the name-giver as well as the bearer. Death-prevention names, for instance, provide some assurance and security that are vital for a child’s survival, given the implicit assumption that certain spiritual forces are at work. The bestowal of despicable and ‘ugly’ names on children whose preceding siblings died shortly after birth is also a common practice among the Nzema, aiming at preventing succeeding children from death. This study examines cultural conceptions and metaphorical correlations in Nzema death-prevention names. Using 42 death-prevention names obtained through interviews, the study discusses the implications of the names and their metaphoric connections with the objects used to identify this category of people. The study reveals that features of entities such as ɛkpɔtɛ ‘vulture’, nrɛzenra ‘housefly’, kɛndɛne ‘basket’, and fovolɛ ‘refuse dump’ are attributed to these children to make them seem ‘unpleasant’ to the ancestral spirits who are believed to have been snatching them after birth. Other ‘long-lasting’ entities like nyevile ‘sea’, bolɛ ‘rock’, and kpɔma ‘walking stick’ are used metaphorically to refer to a child with the belief that they would survive right from birth and live long on the earth.

Transformation of Hadji Kalla's Thought and Policy in Managing Kalla Group's Business from a Amanah Perspective

This research aims to: 1) description of Hadji Kalla in managing business 2) The foundation of Hadji Kalla's thinking in running the business 3) Business management done by Hadji Kalla in the perspective of Amanah metaphor and 4) Model of thought transformation in Kalla Group company. Qualitative research using grounded theory phenomenalogical approach informants consist of Directors of Holding Company and two retired employees who had interacted with Hadji Kalla in his time. The results of the study; (1) Hadji Kalla as an entrepreneur started as a child and continued his business to Watampone, Bone and Makassar. In Makassar established the company NV HADJI KALLA (1952) engaged in import and export, the first importer of Japanese cars TOYOTA brand, (2) In running his business always juxtapose it with religion so that all business activities, social society, Hadji Kalla view work is worship. (3) In business management, Kalla Group has formulated corporate value into the foundation of policy in the form of five Kalla Value (4) The transformation of Hadji Kalla's thinking that took place from the first generation (Hadji Kalla) to the second generation (JK and FK) to the third generation (SJK) through the method of mentoring by experience. The transformation process of Hadji Kalla's thinking regarding Work is Worship, underwent development, addition and emphasis on aspects of work quality improvement, sincerity, BMW (Cost Quality Time) method, Faith Work Ethic, Performance, and changes in business orientation to a portfolio based on usefulness (maslahah), synergy and balance. The Kalla Value that has been applied becomes a distinctive feature that shapes the entrepreneurial spirit. Researchers call this the KALLAPRENEUR phenomenon, which is a trustworthy entrepreneurial posture, full of Islamic spirituality values using modern managerial approaches and local wisdom.

Representation of China’s National Image from the Perspective of Conceptual Metaphor: A Case Study of the American Documentary China: Time of Xi

Representation of China’s National Image from the Perspective of Conceptual Metaphor: A Case Study of the American Documentary China: Time of Xi

Cognitive Analysis of “Fog” Metaphor in Poetry of the Tang Dynasty

In the cognitive linguistic view, metaphor is not only a linguistic device but also a mode of thinking that people use to conceptualize and comprehend the world. Cconceptual metaphors are a set of mappings from a concrete source domain from an abstract target domain. The cognitive foundation of conceptual metaphor is a variety of human experience. Poetry of the Tang Dynasty abounds with metaphorical images. Fog is a regularly used image in poetry of the Tang Dynasty. Yet the research on fog from the perspective of conceptual metaphor remains as an under-explored area. Based on conceptual metaphor theory, the current research aims to sort out the classification of fog metaphors and the cognitive foundation as well as cultural motivation behind those fog metaphors in poetry of the Tang Dynasty. The cognitive analysis of fog can offer a new dimension to the exploration of both the image of fog and metaphor in poetry of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, the cognitive approach to fog metaphor in poetry of the Tang Dynasty can better reflect the unique cultural cognition of ancient China, and extend the research on classical Chinese poetry, which is a step forward in cognitive poetics, and offer implications for the appreciation, translation and teaching of poetry of the Tang Dynasty.

National Image Construction from the Perspective of Multimodal Metaphor—A Case Study of the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics

National Image Construction from the Perspective of Multimodal Metaphor—A Case Study of the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics

Comparative Study of the Metaphorical Image of "Apple" in Chinese and German Proverbs From the Perspective of Conceptual Metaphor

Comparative Study of the Metaphorical Image of "Apple" in Chinese and German Proverbs From the Perspective of Conceptual Metaphor

The Images and Metaphors in Death Fugue

Paul Celan's Death Fugue is one of the most important poems of the 20th century. The obscure and profound metaphors and images in the Death Fugue have always attracted people's attention. In addition, his poetry is seen as the product of a world in transition. After the Holocaust, the myth of modernity was destroyed so that the past experience was considered questionable on a poetical level. The Death Fugue was written in a way that had never been written before. This paper analyzes the text from the perspective of metaphor and intention and explores the potential meaning of words. This paper selects three main images and interprets them in combination with history and philosophy. The author analyzes how metaphors and imagery in the poem reproduce the Holocaust scene and responds to literary criticism of poetry after the Holocaust. Through these rare metaphors and images, Paul Celan created a new paradigm of poetry and made readers read it in a new way.

A product language-mediated concept construction model from the perspective of conceptual metaphor

In product design practice, the user experience is directly related to the concepts that users interpret in the product language. Therefore, the designer’s ability to construct concepts through product language is important to the success of the product. This study aimed to establish a conceptual metaphor–based theoretical model that enables designers to construct concepts accurately through product language. Through theory and product analysis, this study explored how designers use product language to generate concepts, specifically through categorization, and explains the core role of conceptual metaphor in the categorization process. A theoretical model of product language–mediated concept construction mechanism was proposed, which was then tested through workshops and semi-structured interviews. Theoretically, the study extends the knowledge of product language to the cognitive level. Practically, the study results will help designers analyze product language and effectively construct and express new concepts through product language.

Leading the Leader: Positive and Resilient Leadership (PRL) in Urban Public Schools through Filipino Public-School Teachers’ Metaphorical Perspectives

Positive leadership and resilient leadership are two types of leadership that share several commonalities, both of which seemingly respond and offer suitability to the unpredictable and volatile landscape and requirements of the times. While separately, there has been substantial empirical work on positivity and resilience in leadership, no study has been undertaken to combine both so that one type of leadership, i.e. Positive and Resilient Leadership (PRL), can emerge. Further, positivity and resilience in leadership have so far remained understudied among public organizations, particularly in urban public schools, a sector that considers ineffective leadership as among the major problems that hinder the quality of public education. Also, while previous studies have focused on such leadership from the perspective of school leaders, there remains a dearth of literature on understanding it from the standpoint of those being led, such as the teachers. To fill these gaps, this study examined the possible nature and characteristics of PRL by employing qualitative content analysis and thematic analysis in an attempt to (a) determine the metaphors Filipino teachers in urban schools use to describe leadership that is both positive and resilient, (b) identify how these metaphors capture the traits of positive and resilient school leaders in these schools, and (c) explore various situational practices of PRL in the Philippine urban public school sector. Findings showed five (5) categorizations of metaphors that were drawn from the responses of the public school teachers, indicating how PRL can provide them P.O.W.E.R., i.e. positivity, opportunity, wisdom, empathy, and reinforcement in six (6) aspects of school management, namely: (a) planning and implementation of school policies, programs, activities, and projects, (b) decision-making, (c) personnel management, (d) implementation of innovation and change, (e) resource generation and utilization, and (f) communication within and outside the organization that could improve urban public school teachers performance and well-being.

Когнитивни аспекти на метафорите в съвременните български политически речи

The development follows two sides of the manifestation of cognitive metaphors as a communicative mechanism in contemporary Bulgarian political discourse: the rhetorical aspects of Bulgarian political communication; the linguistic-communicative features of cognitive metaphors in political speech, through which they function as a mechanism for interaction between the parties of political discourse. An important direction in the course of the study is to clarify the mechanisms by which the interaction between the parties in communication is realized. In this regard, several specific features of the national political discourse can be identified: the authority of the speaker and his ability to control all levels in the structure of the context of the political message; the dominant role of individual discourse; aggressive linguistic presence in communication; the dominant presence of conversational speech at the expense of the official; manipulation of objectivity; low level of informative ness. The cognitive and semantic aspects of metaphors in contemporary Bulgarian political discourse impose the following differentiation of their features: specificity of archetypal metaphors - the possibility of the basic metaphor to be reproduced as a stable cognitive core in the contemporary political communicative act; specificity of variant metaphors - the cognitive projection of the archetypal metaphor and its inscription in a new metaphorical perspective (cognitive range of metaphors path and body); cognitive links between the source sphere, the conceptual sphere and the target sphere - the associative link between the target and the source is the specificity of the cognitive metaphor, and all variant projections between them make up the volume of the conceptual sphere. The summary affects the function of cognitive metaphorical models in Bulgarian political discourse.

A Comparative Analysis of Left and Right Spatial Metaphors in Chinese and Vietnamese: An Interlinguistic Study

Metaphors pervade our daily lives and thinking, serving not just as rhetorical devices but as tools for understanding the world. Humans have developed various spatial orientations based on their understanding of themselves and the objective world. However, due to different value systems, each ethnicity perceives these orientations differently. This paper compares the spatial metaphors of "left" and "right" in Chinese and Vietnamese from a cognitive metaphor perspective. It reveals that due to cultural differences, the languages exhibit both corresponding and non-corresponding metaphorical relationships. Understanding these similarities and differences deepens our knowledge of the expression of metaphorical cognition in Chinese, as well as the psychological and thought patterns of the Chinese people.

Exploring Self-Construction of the American International Image: A Conceptual Metaphor Perspective

While press releases and cultural transmission materials are common materials for understanding a country's self-construction of international images, to what extent the speeches at international conferences are effective in shaping national images is yet to explore from a perspective of cognitive linguistics? The present study compiles the minutes of 26 meetings of the United Nations Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue, from which the speeches by U.S. representatives were selected to establish a corpus, and explores the self-construction of the American international image with conceptual metaphor theory. It is found that JOURNEY metaphor, BUILDING metaphor and so on are instrumental in shaping its image of advocating peace, but SEED metaphor and NEIGHBOR metaphor, etc. reveal its intention to perpetuate the conflict and double standards in dealing with the two conflicting parties.

Exploring Self-Construction of the American International Image: A Conceptual Metaphor Perspective

While press releases and cultural transmission materials are common materials for understanding a country's self-construction of international images, to what extent the speeches at international conferences are effective in shaping national images is yet to explore from a perspective of cognitive linguistics? The present study compiles the minutes of 26 meetings of the United Nations Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian issue, from which the speeches by U.S. representatives were selected to establish a corpus, and explores the self-construction of the American international image with conceptual metaphor theory. It is found that JOURNEY metaphor, BUILDING metaphor and so on are instrumental in shaping its image of advocating peace, but SEED metaphor and NEIGHBOR metaphor, etc. reveal its intention to perpetuate the conflict and double standards in dealing with the two conflicting parties.

A Study on English Translation of Poems and Lyrics by Mao Tse-tung from the Perspective of Metaphor

Mao Tse-tung is a great revolutionist, and his poems have always been praised as “A poem wins a country”. Metaphor is a process to understand and experience one thing through another thing, with its core to create undiscovered connections between ontology and metaphor, it is to combine two dissimilar things together. Poems and Lyrics written by Mao Tse-tung are rich in metaphors, this paper compares and studies four English translations of Mao Tse-tung’s poems(translated by Xu Yuanchong, Foreign Languages Press, Wang Huiming and Gu Zhengkun) from the perspective of metaphor at conceptual level, and discusses how translator deal with verbal metaphors and nominal metaphors. The results find that most of the translators choose to retain metaphors in the target language in order to accurately convey the information of the poems, which is suitable to translate metaphors in the poems.

A dynamic metaphor perspective on Trump and Xi's trade negotiation in governmental discourse

This article investigates the evolution of U.S.-China trade negotiation in governmental discourse under the presidencies of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping (2017–2021). Paying attention to the development of the political context, we examine trade metaphor use in American and Chinese governmental texts from a dynamic metaphor perspective. Based on the three dominant patterns of metaphoricity activation in the Trump and Xi trade corpora, the analyses reveal that trade metaphors in these governmental texts involve dynamic cognitive (metaphoricity transformation), affective (sentiment development), and socio-political (attitude change) processes. Unlike Cameron's (e.g., 2007) finding that the dynamics of metaphor use at a micro timescale (e.g., minutes) contribute to the reconciliation of discourse participants at a macro timescale (e.g., years), the results show that metaphoricity transformation across a micro timeline (e.g., days, months) does not advance the reconciliation across a macro timeline (years). Although the Trump-Xi trade dispute decreased at the end of 2019, the analyses of dynamic metaphors show that bilateral antagonistic perspectives continued for years.