Metaphor analysis in psychology - method, theory, and fields of application
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Moser, KS (2000). Metaphor analysis in psychology - method, theory, and fields of application. Forum: Qualitative Social Research (on-line journal). 1 (2).
Authors | Moser, KS |
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Abstract | The analysis of metaphors is a classical research theme in linguistics, but has received very little attention in psychological research so far. Metaphor analysis — as conceptualized in cognitive linguistics—is proposed here as a qualitative method for psychological research for several reasons. Metaphors are culturally and socially defined, yet they also represent a basic cognitive strategy of analogical problem solving. Metaphors are context-sensitive, yet at the same time they are abstract models of reality much in the same way as mental models and schemata in cognitive psychology. The multifaceted properties of metaphors allow for the study of micro-interactions between cognition and |
Keywords | Metaphor analysis; analogy; cognitive linguistics; context-sensitivity; mental models; schemata; cognitive anthropoplgy; distributed representation; tacit knowledge |
Year | 2000 |
Journal | Forum: Qualitative Social Research (on-line journal) |
Journal citation | 1 (2) |
Publisher | Institut für Qualitative Forschung |
ISSN | 1438-5627 |
Web address (URL) | https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-1.2.1090 |
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Accepted | 2000 |
Deposited | 23 Dec 2019 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Additional information | Freely available on my ResearchGate profile: |
https://openresearch.lsbu.ac.uk/item/88v83
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