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标题：On Embodiment of Predicative Metaphor: A Case of English Body-action Verbs
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作者：Mingjie Huo ; Jiaxuan Chen
期刊名称：Theory and Practice in Language Studies
印刷版ISSN：1799-2591
出版年度：2021
卷号：11
期号：9
页码：1114-1120
DOI：10.17507/tpls.1109.19
语种：English
出版社：Academy Publisher
摘要：This paper presents an analysis of embodiment of predicative metaphor which is an important topic in cognitive linguistic study. Previous researches are mainly about the identification, classification and construal of predicative metaphor, while its cognitive motivation has not been discussed. Based on the conceptual metaphor theory and embodied philosophy, the cognitive motivation of the metaphorical usage of English body-action verbs is discussed. It is concluded that the metaphorical usage of English body-action verbs arises from the embodied experience. Concepts related to human body are preferred to be the source domain of the cross-domain mapping used to understand other concepts. The metaphorical usage of English body-action verbs is created through human body metaphor.
关键词：predicative metaphor;body-action verbs;motivation;embodied Philosophy