Metaphor and the Historical Evolution of Conceptual Mapping by Richard Trim

Author:Richard Trim
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Figure 6.1 Physiological versus cultural influence according to target semantic field

Of course, mappings do not just involve A > B or B > A, as in ECONOMICS and WAR. More precisely, many fields may be involved. Figure 6.2 shows that one target semantic field Xa may be subject to mappings from more universally-based semantic fields in source domain Y, while the opposite occurs in target semantic field Xb. The source semantic fields are represented with circles marked U and C, according to whether they are universally (U) or culturally (C) based.

Semantic fields in the source domains may likewise have a mixture of embodied and cultural features. Some features may also project onto specific categories of target semantic fields in the form of POSITIVE versus NEGATIVE. Thus, in Figure 6.3, source items X and Y may project consistently onto positive and negative concepts respectively, indicating that both these items could have a universal trend in their semantic field. This particular aspect will be illustrated with colour terminology below.

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