METAPHORIC EXPRESSIONS IN DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS TEXTS

Abstract

Annotation: The conduit metaphor for language seems to offer us a well-organized framework for comprehending what it is that we accomplish with words. However, as Lakoff and Johnson contend, this particular metaphor effectively demonstrates how powerful conceptual metaphors can be in structuring our experience to the point where they render us completely unaware of what is left out of the worldview they shape. This is another quality of conceptual metaphors that should make us wary of them. In other words, the conduit metaphor can successfully blind us to the role that speakers and situations play in the process of communication by, for example, implying that words and phrases have meaning regardless of the speaker or context.