As cognitive structures that capture patterns of sensorimotor experience, image schemas and their metaphorical interpretations not only deliver meaning in Latin’s semantic system but also organize other forms of Roman symbolic representation. This paper builds on Maurizio Bettini’s analysis of Latin’s metaphorical expression of time in terms of linear spatial relations by tracing the structuring effects of these metaphors on other aspects of Roman social practice, including its artistic practice. As I argue, apart from their linguistic manifestations, these metaphors motivate the “axial” configurations of certain socially instituted genealogical representations as well as provide principles of organization for the construction and decoration of material objects.

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罗马文化中时间的空间隐喻

作为捕捉感觉运动经验模式的认知结构，图像图式及其隐喻解释不仅在拉丁语的语义系统中传递意义，而且还组织了其他形式的罗马符号表示。本文以毛里齐奥·贝蒂尼 (Maurizio Bettini) 对拉丁语线性空间关系中时间的隐喻表达的分析为基础，追溯这些隐喻对罗马社会实践的其他方面（包括其艺术实践）的结构化影响。正如我所说，除了它们的语言表现之外，这些隐喻激发了某些社会建立的谱系表征的“轴向”配置，并为物质对象的构造和装饰提供了组织原则。