ANTH 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Metonymy, Christian Mortalism, Computer Simulation
12 Jan 2017
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World view: an encompassing picture of reality created by members of society. A form of thought and language that asserts a meaningful link between two expressions from different semantic domains. People examine what they already know and compare it to something that puzzles them to get a better understanding. Metaphorical subject: the first part of a metaphor, which indicates the domain of experience that needs to be clarified. Metaphorical predicate: the second part of the metaphor, which suggests the familiar domain of experience that may clarify the metaphorical subject. Metaphorical entailments: all the attributes of a metaphorical predicate that relate it to the metaphorical subject. The culturally defined relationship of the parts of a semantic domain to the domain as a whole and of the whole of its parts. May help us make sense of experiences that seem chaotic and meaningless. Realm of science- when a new theory is adopted because it makes sense of otherwise puzzling data.
