Metaphors show quite clearly how language affects our understanding of the world. When used consistently and continuously, metaphors, in fact, participate in the way we organize our knowledge by means of structures called idealized cognitive models. They somehow become part of our thoughts and also of our way of conceptualizing other things which are apparently unrelated. In this chapter, I analyze some weird/wrong/potentially dangerous uses of metaphors.
Beware of (bad and dangerous) metaphors: remarks made at the intersection of cognitive linguistics and law / A. Condello - In: Research Handbook on Legal Semiotics / [a cura di] A. Wagner, S. Marusek. - Cheltenham : Elgar, 2023. - ISBN 978 1 80220 725 5. - pp. 209-219 [10.4337/9781802207262.00024]
Beware of (bad and dangerous) metaphors: remarks made at the intersection of cognitive linguistics and law
A. Condello
2023
Abstract
Metaphors show quite clearly how language affects our understanding of the world. When used consistently and continuously, metaphors, in fact, participate in the way we organize our knowledge by means of structures called idealized cognitive models. They somehow become part of our thoughts and also of our way of conceptualizing other things which are apparently unrelated. In this chapter, I analyze some weird/wrong/potentially dangerous uses of metaphors.
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