A Hybrid Theory of Metaphor : Relevance Theory and Cognitive Linguistics

A Provoking New Approach To How We Understand Metaphors Thoroughly Comparing And Contrasting The Claims Made By Relevance Theorists And Cognitive Linguists. The Resulting Hybrid Theory Shows The Complementarity Of Many Positions As Well As The Need And Possibility Of Achieving A Broader And More Realistic Theory Of Our Understanding. 1. Introduction -- 2. Relevance-theory Approach To Metaphor -- 2.1. Grice's Theory Of Meaning And Communication -- 2.2. Cognitive Turn In Pragmatics: Relevance Theory -- 2.3. Explicit, The Implicit And Metaphors -- 2.4. Pragmatics And The Implicit: A Conclusion -- 3. Cognitive Linguistics And Metaphor -- 3.1. General Assumptions Of Cognitive Linguistics -- 3.2. Metaphor As Conceptualization: Conceptual Metaphor Theory -- 3.3. Metaphor And Creative Thinking: Blending Theory -- 4. Relevance Theory Versus Cognitive Linguistics -- 4.1. Metaphor Generality -- 4.2. Metaphor Motivation -- 4.3. Representation Of Metaphorical Meaning -- 4.4. Online Processing Of Metaphorical Utterances -- 4.5. Context-sensitivity And Pragmatic Effects -- 4.6. Metaphor And Polysemy -- 4.7. Metaphor Acquisition -- 4.8. Relations To A Wider Theory Of Language Use -- 4.9. Theory Of Mind: Modularity Vs. Embodiment -- 4.10. New Challenges -- 5. Hybrid Theory Of Metaphor -- 5.1. Foundations -- 5.2. Lexical Semantics In The Hybrid Theory -- 5.3. Lexical Pragmatics In The Hybrid Theory -- 5.4. Lexical Metaphoricity -- 5.5. Online Dynamics Of Metaphor Interpretation -- 6. Conclusion And Future Challenges. By Markus Tendahl. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Why do we talk in metaphors? What is systematic about metaphors? How do we process metaphors? In the past cognitive linguistics and relevance theorists have answered these questions in very different ways and have therefore been perceived as being radically different. The differences concerning goals and working assumptions are so great, in fact, that few metaphor scholars have tried to systematically compare these two theories to understand how and why they differ. Markus Tendahl shows that cognitive linguistic and relevance theory perspectives on metaphor may be complementary. Drawing from research in pragmatics, cognitive linguistics and psycholinguistics this work is the first that compares and contrasts relevance theory positions and cognitive linguistic positions on metaphor in a systematic way. The outcome is a broader and more realistic hybrid theory of metaphor that forces metaphor research into a new direction.--Résumé de l'éditeur Front Matter....Pages i-xi Introduction....Pages 1-6 The Relevance-Theory Approach to Metaphor....Pages 7-111 Cognitive Linguistics and Metaphor....Pages 112-137 Relevance Theory versus Cognitive Linguistics....Pages 138-191 The Hybrid Theory of Metaphor....Pages 192-247 Conclusion and Future Challenges....Pages 248-260 Back Matter....Pages 261-282 This approach to how we understand metaphors compares and contrasts the claims made by relevance theorists and cognitive linguists. The resulting hybrid theory shows the complementarity of many positions as well as the need and possibility of achieving a broader and more realistic theory of our understanding