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A study on cognitive and physiological grounding for metaphoric structures in natural language

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16500159
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Cognitive science
Research InstitutionTokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Principal Investigator

SHINOHARA Kazuko  Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Institute of Symbiotic Science & Technology, Assistant Professor, 大学院共生科学技術研究院, 助教授 (00313304)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) MATSUNAKA Yoshihiro  Tokyo Polytechnic University, Faculty of Art, Lecturer, 芸術学部, 講師 (00318908)
Project Period (FY) 2004 – 2006
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
Keywordsmetaphor / cognition / concept / embodiment / space / time / motion / sound symbolism / 感情 / 音声イメージ / 空間認知 / 参照枠 / 語義 / 時間メタファー / 感情メタファー / 接続詞
Research Abstract

In this project, research has been carried out on the cognitive and embodied properties of metaphoric structures of the conceptual domains of (1) space, (2) time, (3) emotion, and the phenomenon of (4) sound symbolism. Our studies have revealed the following points.
SPACE
(1) Ego's frontal motion facilitates the shift of spatial reference frame from Reflection to Translation.
(2) In Japanese there exists a phenomenon we call "figure-aligned projection", where the axes of the Figure Object is projected onto the Reference Object.
(3) Japanese spatial terms "mae," "ushiro," "temae," "saki," and "mukou" include specifications of spatial reference frames as their semantic property. They also have semantic features that cannot be reduced to reference frames.
TIME
(4) In the space-to-time metaphors, the spatial uses of FRONT/BACK terms correlates with their temporal uses. Implication of Ego's frontal motion plays a role in this extension.
(5) Temporal conjunctions that are derived from spatial terms preserve the image-schematic structures of their spatial construals.
EMOTION
(6) English and Japanese have different metaphorical mappings from digestive systems to emotion. Japanese has more elaborated extensions to various emotions such as anger, anxiety, and surprise. In English, digestive system does not seem to extend to the domain of anger.
SOUND SYMBOLISM
(7) Sound symbolism is seen beyond onomatopoeia. Some phonological features (height of vowels, sonorancy) are related to certain meanings like LARGE/SMALL, HARD/SOFT, etc. These constitute an instantiation of embodied properties of natural language.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2006 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2005 Annual Research Report
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2007 2005 Other

All Journal Article (17 results)

  • [Journal Article] 音象徴と身体性2007

    • Author(s)
      篠原和子, 川原繁人, 中山晃, 松中義大
    • Journal Title

      ことげと人間 6

      Pages: 1-12

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 時間メタファーにおける「さき」の用法と直示的時間解釈2007

    • Author(s)
      篠原和子
    • Journal Title

      ことば・空間・身体 (印刷中につき未定)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report 2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 時間のメタファーにおける図と地の問題2007

    • Author(s)
      篠原和子
    • Journal Title

      メタファー研究の最前線

      Pages: 195-210

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 日本語接続助詞に関する一考察-「うち」「なか」を中心に-2007

    • Author(s)
      松中義大
    • Journal Title

      こどば・空間・身体 (印刷中につき未定)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 空間認知実験と時間メタファー2007

    • Author(s)
      篠原和子
    • Journal Title

      認知言語学論考 6(印刷中につき未定)

    • NAID

      40015764181

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report 2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Conceptualization and expression of spatial relations in Japanese2007

    • Author(s)
      Shinohara, Kazuko, Yoshihiro Matsunaka
    • Journal Title

      Empirical and Experimental Methods in Cognitive/Functional Research. (In print)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Onshoochoo to shintaisei2007

    • Author(s)
      Shinohara, Kazuko, Shigeto Kawahara, Akira Nakayama, Yoshihiro Matsunaka.
    • Journal Title

      Kotoba to Ningen vol.6

      Pages: 1-12

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Jikan no metaphor ni okeru zu to ji no mondai.2007

    • Author(s)
      Shinohara, Kazuko.
    • Journal Title

      Metaphor Kenkyuu no Saizensen

      Pages: 195-210

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 音象徴と身体性2007

    • Author(s)
      篠原和子, 川原繁人, 中山晃, 松中義大
    • Journal Title

      ことばと人間 6

      Pages: 1-12

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 時間メタファーにおける図と地の問題2007

    • Author(s)
      篠原和子
    • Journal Title

      メタファー研究の最前線

      Pages: 195-210

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 日本語接続助詞に関する一考察--「うち」「なか」を中心に--2007

    • Author(s)
      松中義大
    • Journal Title

      ことば・空間・身体 (印刷中につき未定)

    • Related Report
      2006 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 日本語の空間語彙と参照枠についての実験的研究2005

    • Author(s)
      篠原和子
    • Journal Title

      日本認知言語学会論文集 第5集

      Pages: 471-481

    • NAID

      40007178300

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 日本語の音韻素性が喚起するイメージについての実験研究2005

    • Author(s)
      川原繁人
    • Journal Title

      日本認知科学会発表論文集 第22回

      Pages: 228-229

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Jikan metaphor ni okeru saki no yoohoo to chokujiteki jikankaishaku.

    • Author(s)
      Shinohara, Kazuko.
    • Journal Title

      Kotoba, Kuukan, Shintai (in print)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Nihongo setsuzokushi ni kansuru itikoosatsu : uchi, naka o chuushin-ni.

    • Author(s)
      Matsunaka, Yoshihiro.
    • Journal Title

      Kotoba, Kuukan, Shintai (in print)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Kuukan ninchi jikken to jikan metaphor.

    • Author(s)
      Shinohara, Kazuko.
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Cognitive Linguistics vol.6 (in print)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Conceptualization and expression of spatial relations in Japanese.

    • Author(s)
      Shinohara Kazuko, Yoshihiro Matsunaka.
    • Journal Title

      Empirical and Experimental Methods in Cognitive/Functional Research. (in print)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2006 Final Research Report Summary

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