|
The interest in the study of figurative language dates back to the Greek era, but it is in the last decades of the 20th century when it reaches its greatest intensity, especially the study of metaphor and its relationship with cognitive processes [3]. The analysis of this relationship is the objective of this work, which begins with a brief historical introduction to the philosophy of language. After it, a first reflection on knowledge and figurative language in which the most outstanding positions are analyzed: the standard pragmatic model, the theory of prototypes, and idealized cognitive models. This initial approach ends by considering the possible differences between literal and figurative language processing. This first reflection is followed by another on metaphor as a form of figurative language, which gives way to a summary of the most representative positions on the study of metaphor: M. Black; D. Davidson; J. Searle; G. Lakoff and M. Johnson; and WL Benzon and D, G, Hays. In the last part of the work, some considerations on the frequency and ubiquity of metaphors are exposed and some elements from organic evolution are suggested that could enrich the debate on metaphor and knowledge.
|