Metaphors in Dreams: Where Cognitive Linguistics meets Psychoanalysis
Abstract
This article approaches the study of metaphors in dreams from an interdisciplinary perspective, which aims at bringing together the psychoanalytic tradition, and the main views that constitute what is commonly known as the contemporary cognitive theory of metaphor. Our perspective aims at showing how these approaches can (and need) to be integrated, and suggests why in this endeavour it is necessary to consider the personal background of the dreamer and her need to re-establish/confirm her identity within each metaphor.
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McGlone, M. (2007). What is the explanatory value of a conceptual metaphor? Language & Communication, 27, 109-126.
Ortony, A. (1979). Metaphor and thought. Cambridge, UK: University Press.
Pecher, D., & Zwaan, R. A. (2005). Grounding cognition: The role of perception and action in memory, language, and thinking. Cambridge, UK: University Press.
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Neuroscience, 27, 169-192.
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Tendahl, M., & Gibbs, R. (2008). Complementary perspectives on metaphor: Cognitive linguistics and relevance theory. Journal of Pragmatics, 40, 1823-1864.
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Zhong, C., & Liljenquist, K. (2006). Washing away your sins: Threatened morality and physical cleansing. Science, 313, 1451-1452.
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01-Jun-2014
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Bolognesi, M., & Bichisecchi, R. (2014). Metaphors in Dreams: Where Cognitive Linguistics meets Psychoanalysis. Language and Psychoanalysis, 3(1), 4-22. https://doi.org/10.7565/landp.2014.001
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