Abstract A major insight of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) is that it added a strong, empirically testable cognitive dimension to the study of metaphor that is capable of changing the way we think about metaphor not only in language, but also thought and action, and, ultimately, the way we do philosophy (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980, 1999). In the paper, I argue that CMT itself needs to be changed in several ways. In particular, I suggest (1) that it has to be given a much more elaborate contextual component than is currently available, (2) that even its cognitive dimension needs to be refined, (3) that it requires a component that can explain the actual usages of metaphors in natural discourse, and (4), and most significantly, that it needs to be changed in such a way that the modifications under (1), (2), and (3) can be integrated into a unified and coherent theory of metaphor. The paper is based on my forthcoming book Extended Conceptual Metaphor Theory (Kovecses, 2020).

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概念隐喻理论的扩展视野

摘要概念隐喻理论（CMT）的一个主要见解是，它为隐喻的研究增加了强大的，可凭经验检验的认知维度，不仅可以改变我们对语言的隐喻思考方式，而且还可以改变思想和行动，以及最终是我们做哲学的方式（Lakoff＆Johnson，1980，1999）。在本文中，我认为CMT本身需要以多种方式进行更改。特别是，我建议（1）必须给它一个比当前可用的更为复杂的上下文组件；（2）甚至需要完善它的认知维度；（3）它需要一个可以解释隐喻在自然话语中的实际用法，以及（4），最重要的是，它需要以（1），（2）的修改，（3）可以整合到一个统一而连贯的隐喻理论中。该论文基于我即将出版的《扩展概念隐喻理论》（Kovecses，2020年）。