2009•Journal of Yunnan Normal UniversityRequires access

The Embodiment of Metaphor in the Perspective of Cognitive Linguistics:A Study of "Eating"

Wang Ying-xue

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Metaphor is a figure of speech and is also closely related to the physical experience.The paper studies the conceptual metaphors of eating in Chinese and English from the perspective of embodied philosophy,the foundation of cognitive linguistics.The embodied traits of such concepts help support the view that metaphor has embodied traits.

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Key concepts: Embodied cognition, Metaphor, Cognitive linguistics, Perspective (graphical), Conceptual metaphor, Cognition, Linguistics, Psychology