Abstract. Empathy and perspective taking play important roles in interpersonal functioning. As prior research has linked metaphor use to emotional understanding, it is likely that metaphor use is also involved in empathy and perspective taking. In two daily diary studies ( N = 225; Obs. = 1,849), we predicted that on days in which empathy and perspective taking were high, participants would also report higher metaphor use. In Study 1, we found support for our hypotheses, such that daily metaphor use was positively associated with daily empathy and perspective taking. In Study 2, we replicated these results. We place this work within the current literature and discuss the promise of an interpersonal function of metaphor use.

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论隐喻使用的人际功能

摘要。同理心和换位思考在人际交往中发挥着重要作用。由于先前的研究已将隐喻的使用与情感理解联系起来，因此隐喻的使用很可能也涉及同理心和换位思考。在两项日常日记研究中（N = 225；Obs. = 1,849），我们预测，在同理心和观点采纳率较高的日子里，参与者也会报告更多的隐喻使用。在研究 1 中，我们发现了对我们假设的支持，例如日常隐喻使用与日常同理心和观点采择正相关。在研究 2 中，我们复制了这些结果。我们将这项工作放在当前的文献中，并讨论隐喻使用的人际功能的前景。