Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences: Metaphors We Feel by: Interoceptive Sensations as Natural Phenomena

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Metaphors We Feel by: Interoceptive Sensations as Natural Phenomena

Issue: Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2017 10 (7)
Authors: Nagornaya, Alexandra V.
Contact information: Nagornaya, Alexandra V.: Moscow City University 4-1, 2nd Selskokhozyaistvenny proezd, Moscow, 129226, Russia Institute for Scientific Information of the RAS 15/2 Krzhizhanovsky Str., Moscow, 117218, Russia;
Keywords: interoceptive sensations; conceptualization; verbalization; metaphor
Abstract: The paper deals with the issue of conceptualizing interoceptive sensations – perceptual signals originating in the internal milieu of the body and characterizing its physiological state. Unlike many other types of perceptual phenomena, interoceptive sensations lack their own vocabulary and can only be conveyed in speech through metaphor. The paper carries out an analysis of only one group of metaphors based upon the names of natural phenomena, which falls into two subgroups: weather/climatic phenomena and natural disasters. Providing examples from contemporary literary sources, the author reveals the functions of individual metaphors and studies their potential for qualifying the sensation, measuring it, tracing its dynamics and assessing possible consequences for bodily well-being
Pages: 1053-1060
Paper at repository of SibFU: https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/33659