개념적 혼성에 입각한 은유의 의미구성

Abstract

This paper examines how the conceptual blending theory deals with meaning construction of metaphors. The conceptual blending theory, developed by Fauconnier & Turner (1994, 1998, 2002) and Fauconnier (1997), posits the four-space network consisting of two input spaces, the generic space, and the blended space. Conceptual blending is a cognitive process which is the combination of input space construction, cross-space mapping, and selective projection. The meaning of language is constructed by the operation of conceptual blending. Before the conceptual blending theory turns up, metaphors have been dealt with by the conceptual metaphor theory in cognitive linguistics. But we could find some problems with the conceptual metaphor theory, so we introduce the new theory about metaphors; the conceptual blending theory. This study analyses meaning construction of two types of metaphors: everyday metaphors involving the concept of “anger” and poetic metaphors.