Theory of metaphor and embodied cognition. How is the theory of conceptual metaphor introduced in music studies?

Authors

  • María de la Paz Jacquier Laboratorio para el Estudio de la Experiencia Musical (FBA-UNLP)
  • Daniel Callejas Leiva Laboratorio para el Estudio de la Experiencia Musical (FBA-UNLP)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21932/epistemus.2.2713.0

Keywords:

Teoría de la Metáfora Conceptual, cognición corporeizada, esquemas imaginísticos, música

Abstract

Lakoff and Johnson’s Theory of Metaphor suggests that part of our way to understand the world is metaphoric. This is accomplished by means of correlations between experiential patterns from one well-known experiential domain and another less-known domain. Interrelated, dynamic image-schematic structures participate on this cognitive process, and they emerge from our own immediate bodily experience in the environment. In this way, we can put this theory inside of a large group of embodied cognitive theories. Some researchers have grasped the Theory of Conceptual Metaphor to explain musical experience and cognition, with observable differences about interpretations and implications. Then, we propose to analyze many components of that theory, integrating pre-existent music studies, following four explicative levels: (i) embodied origin of image-schema as a deep stratum with a sensory-motor base; (ii) metaphoric mapping as a process that depends on embodied experience; (iii) linguistic metaphor as verbal descriptions of metaphoric understanding and experience; and (iv) graphic representations of the image-schemas in theoretical explanations as musical experience descriptions.

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Published

2013-12-29

How to Cite

Jacquier, M. de la P., & Callejas Leiva, D. (2013). Theory of metaphor and embodied cognition. How is the theory of conceptual metaphor introduced in music studies?. Epistemus. Journal of Studies in Music, Cognition & Culture, 2(1), 51–88. https://doi.org/10.21932/epistemus.2.2713.0

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