Cognitive study of metaphorical cyber language
Keywords:
cognitive, metaphor, cyber language, implicature ontologyAbstract
The present study aims to explore the cognition in the forming and understanding of metaphorical cyber language. An approach of questioning and reasoning is adopted to explore the mechanism hidden in the formation of metaphors in cyber language. An approach of exemplifying and interpretation is employed to analyze the stereotypical relation existing in the literal form of metaphors in order to discover the implicit meanings. The findings show that in metaphorical cyber language, human cognition plays a crucial role, using the similarities between the source and target domains. Implicature Ontology is the key to induce the implicit meaning of such metaphors.
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