Figures and the senses Towards a definition of synaesthesia
| Autor: | Francesca Strik Lievers |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Strik Lievers, F |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Linguistics and Language
Metaphor media_common.quotation_subject hypallage Simile perception metaphor 050105 experimental psychology Language and Linguistics Loudness synaesthesia perception metaphor metonymy hypallage simile Perception Developmental and Educational Psychology synaesthesia 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Association (psychology) media_common 060201 languages & linguistics Metonymy Communication business.industry 05 social sciences 06 humanities and the arts 0602 languages and literature Hypallage metonymy simile business Psychology Cognitive psychology L-LIN/01 - GLOTTOLOGIA E LINGUISTICA |
| Popis: | It is usually taken for granted that synaesthesia (e.g.,sweet voice) is a metaphor. However, the fact that partly different interpretations have also been proposed suggests that further research is needed. Based on a critical review of the alternative positions on the topic and on a detailed analysis of relevant data, I argue in this paper that synaesthesia (in both its conventional and living instances) is indeed a metaphor, displaying a conflict between separate sensory concepts that cannot be connected in terms of a consistent conceptual relationship. The clearer and more explicit account of synaesthesia proposed in this paper in turn fosters clearer understanding of (a) the relationship with other figures that can involve the senses, such as metonymy, hypallage, and simile, and (b) the possible role of (multi)sensory perceptual experience in conditioning association preferences in linguistic synaesthesia (e.g.,loud colourvs. a less likely to occurcoloured loudness). |
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