METAPHORIC INTERPRETATION OF PEOPLE-WORLD RELATIONS

METAPHORIC INTERPRETATION OF PEOPLE-WORLD RELATIONS

Author:  N.N. Boldyrev

Affiliation:  Tambov State University named after G.R. Derzhavin

Abstract: 
The discussion focuses on the conceptual metaphor as a means of interpreting the people-world relations. The author argues that metaphoric interpretation is determined by the nature of the metaphor, its inner structure and three types of interpretation as a man’s cognitive activity: selective, classifying, and evaluative. The interaction of these factors is illustrated by the analysis of the space conceptual metaphor and its language representations.

Keywords:  conceptual metaphor, structure of the metaphor, space metaphor, interpretation, types of interpretation, interrelations of concepts, interpreting function of language

Pages:  42-48