Structural similarity in figurative language: A preliminary cognitive analysis

  1. José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, Francisco 1
  2. Sandra Peña Cervel, María 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

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Revista:
Lingua

ISSN: 0024-3841

Año de publicación: 2023

Volumen: 290

Número: art. 103541

Páginas: 1-20

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1016/J.LINGUA.2023.103541 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Lingua

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Resumen

Structural similarity may be based on the structural characteristics of concrete entities (e.g., the heart relates to bloodcirculation in the way that a pump to a hydraulic system) or on the structural properties of situations and events (e.g.,Your words were a dagger to my heart compares the emotional damage done by the hearer’s words to the physicalharm caused by a dagger). In combination with metonymy, structural similarity gives rise to paragon-based antonomasiaand allegory-like narratives. An example of paragon-based antonomasia is the Lennon of football, which, said about agreat player, is based on structural similarity: the player and the musician are masters, each in his domain of expertise.Allegory-like narratives rely on a form of high-level structural similarity where each entity-denoting target element is elab-orated through the member-for-class metonymy. For example, in “The Prodigal Son”, the regretful son’s return to hisfather asking for forgiveness represents any repentant sinner. In terms of structural similarity, God is to a repentant sin-ner what the forgiving father is to his returning son. Drawing on a selection of examples, this article reexamines the con-tribution of different types of structural similarity to figurative reasoning at various degrees of abstractness andcomplexity.

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