An evaluation of conceptual metaphor theory (CMT) offered by Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. in this issue suggests a number of important opportunities for future research that may be based on interesting research findings produced over the past 3 decades in response to CMT. This reply to Gibbs argues that the main question for discourse processing remains when metaphor is processed by comparison; and, if it is, what the specific nature and function of that comparison is in the context of the discourse in which it occurs. Some additional options for future research, also inspired by CMT, are presented in this article. Whether these options may be interpreted as supporting CMT's, as well as Gibbs's, main claim (i.e., that metaphor is a matter of thought) remains to be seen.View full textDownload full textRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0163853X.2011.606424
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机译：小雷蒙德·吉布斯（Raymond W. Gibbs，Jr.）在本期中对概念隐喻理论（CMT）进行的评估提出了许多重要的未来研究机会，这些机会可能基于过去30年来针对CMT产生的有趣研究成果。对吉布斯的答复认为，当通过比较来处理隐喻时，话语处理的主要问题仍然存在。如果是这样的话，那么这种比较的具体性质和作用是在发生这种话语的背景下进行的。本文还介绍了一些受CMT启发的其他未来研究选项。这些选项是否可以解释为支持CMT以及Gibbs的主要主张（即隐喻只是一种思想问题），还有待观察。查看全文下载全文相关的var addthis_config = {ui_cobrand：“泰勒和弗朗西斯在线” ，services_compact：“ citeulike，netvibes，twitter，technorati，美味，linkedin，facebook，stumbleupon，digg，google，更多”，发布号：“ ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b”}；添加到候选列表链接永久链接http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0163853X.2011.606424
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