WRAŻENIA ZMYSŁOWE JAKO PODSTAWA METAFOR JĘZYKOWYCH
SENSORY EXPERIENCE AS THE BASIS FOR LINGUISTIC METAPHORS

Summary/Abstract: The object of the analysis are linguistic metaphors (word-formation and semantic derivatives, phraseological expressions, conventionalized similes) treated as realizations of conceptual metaphors. Its aim is to establish what non-physical phenomena are conceptualized in Polish in terms of sensory perception. A clear connection can be observed between a particular sense (the quality of sensory perception) and the direction of metaphorical extensions. The sense of sight is the basis for conceptualizations relating to the domains of knowledge, control and following someone’s behaviour; the sense of hearing — the domain of broadly understood contact; the sense of taste — the domain of judgement; the sense of smell — the domain of drawing conclusions. Metaphorical extensions can also be treated as indirect evidence for the existence of a hierarchy of senses, rooted in language, and of the cognitive value of particular sensory experiences.

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