Is time a Basic Domain? Reduction of Abstract Domains Through Metaphor and Metonymy

  1. Pérez Hernández, Lorena 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

Zeitschrift:
Epos: Revista de filología

ISSN: 0213-201X

Datum der Publikation: 2000

Nummer: 16

Seiten: 259-284

Art: Artikel

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Zusammenfassung

En this paper, we offer a systematic classification of both the metaphoric and the metonymic mappings underlying the notion of time in English. The main conclusion which can be drawn from this cognitive approach to the study of time in English is that time is not a basic notion. For contemporary English speakers, at least, reasoning and speaking about time always involves some kind of metaphoric or metonymic projection. In addition to this, we have also considered some interesting cases of conceptual inte-raction, in which independent metaphors and metonymies of time combine with each other in order to make possible the understanding and the expression of complex tem-poral thoughts in English.

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