关键词: 心物同构, 隐喻, 同一性, 格式塔转换

Abstract:

For a metaphorical expression to come into shape, a whole process of origination, germination, construction, and generation will be involoved. The origination comes from the identity shared between the related things and events involved, the perception of which by the subject brings about the analogy between them. The germination takes place in the mind of the subject where he recognizes the tenor and the proposed vehicle through the impact of psycho-physical isomorphism in the mind. Its construction is realized through the Gestalt transformation from the image of the tenor to that of the vehicle, and the transformation is actually, in terms of consciousness, a process of the transformation from the subject's perception of the tenor to that of the feeling about it. This is also a process of the transformation from his primary consciousness about it to the reflective consciousness. As the image of the vehicle is finally confirmed in the subject's mind, a metaphorical expression is established with the image depicted in linguistic symbols in the form of ‘(explicit or implicit) tenor + vehicle’. The investigation of the whole process helps to understand the mechanism of language in its creativity and its application.