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A Study of Cognitive Nature and Cognitive Function of Metaphor

Zhou Song-bo

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This article makes an attempt to study the cognitive nature and cognitive function of metaphor.Metaphor is not only a figure of speech but also a meta-mode of thinking.Basically,metaphor is a cognitive phenomenon.Linguistic metaphor is the result of and tools for human metaphoric cognition.The polysemy benefits from the creation of metaphors.Today,it has been proved that metaphor has contributed a lot to the development of various disciplines of the natural science and the social science that keep an eye upon the findings of their counterparts by ways of metaphorization.

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This article makes an attempt to study the cognitive nature and cognitive function of metaphor.Metaphor is not only a figure of speech but also a meta-mode of thinking.Basically,metaphor is a cognitive phenomenon.Linguistic metaphor is the result of and tools for human metaphoric cognition.The polysemy benefits from the creation of metaphors.Today,it has been proved that metaphor has contributed a lot to the development of various disciplines of the natural science and the social science that keep an eye upon the findings of their counterparts by ways of metaphorization.

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This article makes an attempt to study the cognitive nature and cognitive function of metaphor.Metaphor is not only a figure of speech but also a meta-mode of thinking.Basically,metaphor is a cognitive phenomenon.Linguistic metaphor is the result of and tools for human metaphoric cognition.The polysemy benefits from the creation of metaphors.Today,it has been proved that metaphor has contributed a lot to the development of various disciplines of the natural science and the social science that keep an eye upon the findings of their counterparts by ways of metaphorization.

Key concepts: Metaphor, Polysemy, Cognition, Function (biology), Cognitive science, Psychology, Natural (archaeology), Phenomenon

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