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标题：Variation in embodied metaphors: A contrastive analysis of taste metaphors in Spanish and English
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作者：Julio Torres Soler
期刊名称：Complutense Journal of English Studies
印刷版ISSN：2386-3935
出版年度：2021
卷号：29
页码：21-33
DOI：10.5209/cjes.71511
语种：English
出版社：Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid
摘要：Whereas in the late 90s the universal character of many embodied conceptual metaphors was overemphasised, in the last years some authors have claimed that culture plays a crucial role in the motivation of all kinds of conceptual metaphors, including those grounded on universal bodily experiences. In order to shed some light on this issue, we carry out a contrastive analysis of conceptual metaphors with basic tastes as a source domain in Spanish and in English. To this end, we employ a mixed approach, combining data from dictionaries and linguistic corpora. Our analysis reveals that variation is higher at the level of linguistic expression and lower, but still significant, at the conceptual level. Although most taste metaphors are shared by Spanish and English, a few language-specific conceptual metaphors are also found, proving that food culture has an influence on the motivation of conceptual metaphors.
关键词：Conceptual metaphor;Cross-linguistic variation;Taste descriptors;Perception metaphors