O papel subestimado do interlocutor na abordagem cognitiva da metáfora
Resumo
Uma das maiores críticas voltadas para a Teoria da Metáfora Conceitual é que Lakoff e Johnson (2003, 1999) partem de uma constelação idealizada de interlocutores, de modo que o processo da compreensão de uma metáfora simplesmente se dá por meio da ativação de metáforas conceptuais, entrincheiradas no cérebro dos participantes (GIBBS, 2007). Procurar-se-á investigar quais as abordagens que dirigem sua atenção ao ouvinte como parte ativa por coconstruir o significado particular da expressão metafórica em dependência do contexto pragmático, social e cultural em que os interlocutores estão inseridos. A questão central é até que ponto os estudos existentes conseguem reintegrar o processo holístico da comunicação, e, para tal, distinguimos entre três linhas de pesquisa a serem aprofundadas: estudos psicolinguísticos, textual-discursivos e pragmático-interacionais.
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