Culture and Living Environment in Language: A Case of Possible Variations in Metaphor

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  • Junichi Toyota

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https://doi.org/10.18485/analiff.2018.30.1.11

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metaphor of cognition, somatosentation, topography, climate, body parts

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This paper examines a possibility of metaphors of cognition using sensory verbs based on touch, i.e. somatosensation. Among the five basic perceptions, a common source for metaphor concerning knowledge and understanding is vision, commonly known as KNOWLEDGE IS VISION, i.e. I see your point, meaning ‘I understand your point'. Another type of sensation used in this metaphor is hearing, often found in languages spoken in certain regions, such as Australia, Papua New Guinea, East Africa, etc. The use of hearing is a result of religious influence, in a sense that only religious people are able to ‘see' everything, and the use of vision is reserved to certain religiously gifted people and common people resort to other sources. The case of somatosensation may not involve cultural influence such as religion, but topography or climate may be of importance in creating this type of metaphor. A case in question is Finnish, which has developed a verb of cognition based on a word käsi ‘hand'.

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2018-07-13

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Toyota, J. . (2018). Culture and Living Environment in Language: A Case of Possible Variations in Metaphor. Анали Филолошког факултета, 30(1), 203–213. https://doi.org/10.18485/analiff.2018.30.1.11

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