1.3 Metaphor of synergy
The metaphors that cognitive linguistics addresses include the following: conventional metaphor, image metaphor, and poetic metaphor. Conventional metaphor is less conscious because it is based on ordinary experience. Image metaphor is less conventionalized and calls for sensing, especially visual perception. It is found largely in literary works and in creative image that lingers. Poetic metaphor uses several metaphors simultaneously, thereby creating rich images through very few words.
The present study examines synergic metaphor as the broader concept of the aforementioned metaphors. Traditional vertical research seeks to draw A’ and B’ from A and B. On the other hand, synergic research seeks to draw heterogeneous C from A and B. A synergic metaphor follows a normal mapping, such that A is a source domain, C is a target domain, and B is the mapping. I assume literature and calculation as a synergic metaphor, and therefore A is humanity, B is cognitive science, and C is brain science.
[Figure 1 Synergic metaphor]
Source domain A Humanity→Mapping B Cognitive science→Target domain C Brain science→Mapping B Cognitive science
I attempted a synergic analysis through logical grammar to create the metaphor of “Thomas Mann and Fuzzy logic.” I have also considered the combinations of “Luxun and Chaos” and “Ogai and Feeling” by using the literary works of Luxun and Ogai in an effort to create a synergic metaphor by language different from “Thomas Mann and Fuzzy logic.”
I consider the different thinking patterns in Chinese and Japanese in my paper on Luxun’s “The True Story of Ah Q”. He disliked the mental illness called ma-ma-hu-hu and strongly appealed to the Chinese people about it through literary works. The second chapter explains the chaotic effect seen in “Ah Q” by linking “ma-ma-hu-hu” to a chaotic model.
花村嘉英著（2015）「从认知语言学的角度浅析鲁迅作品－魯迅をシナジーで読む」より translated by Yoshihisa Hanamura