Journal of Jishou University(Social Sciences) ›› 2007, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (4): 170-172.

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Study on Synaesthesia from the Cognitive Perspective

  

  1. (1.Department of College English,Jishou University,Jishou 416000,Hunan,China; 2.Foreign Studies College,Hunan Normal University,Changsha 410081,Hunan,China)
  • Online:2007-07-15 Published:2012-06-04

Abstract: Synaethesia,in essence,is synaesthetic metaphor,which shows the mapping of properties from one sensory organ to another.The mapping is from the lower sensory organs onto the higher ones,i.e.,from the more accessible concepts to the less accessible ones.The similarities between the properties of sensory organs are based on the psychological association which is influenced by culture.

Key words: synaesthesia, metaphor, cognitive

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