On the notion of metaphor in sign languages
| Autor: | Maria Kyuseva, Vadim Kimmelman, Daria Perova, Yana Lomakina |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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060201 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language Metaphor media_common.quotation_subject Field (Bourdieu) Sign (semiotics) 06 humanities and the arts Sign language Language and Linguistics Linguistics Meaning (semiotics) Morpheme 0602 languages and literature Psychology Iconicity Parallels media_common |
| Zdroj: | Sign Language & Linguistics. 20:157-182 |
| ISSN: | 1569-996X 1387-9316 |
| DOI: | 10.1075/sll.00001.kim |
| Popis: | Metaphors in sign languages have been an important research topic in recent years, and Taub’s (2001) model of metaphor formation in signs has been influential in the field. In this paper, we analyze metaphors in signs of cognition and emotions in Russian Sign Language (RSL) and argue for a modification of Taub’s (2001) theory of metaphor. We demonstrate that metaphor formation in RSL uses a number of mechanisms: a concrete sign can acquire metaphorical meaning without change, a part of a sequential compound can acquire a metaphorical meaning, and a morpheme within a productive sign or a simultaneous compound can acquire a metaphorical meaning. All these processes have parallels in spoken languages, so we argue for a modality-independent model of metaphor formation where metaphorical mapping is divorced from iconicity. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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