Naslov
The metaphorical and metonymic understanding of the trinitarian dogma

Autori
Barcelona, Antonio

Izvornik
International Journal of English Studies (1578-7044) 3 (2003), 1; 1-27

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
metaphor; metonymy; Bible; discourse; meaning

Sažetak
Written in the spirit of cognitive semantics, the paper is an attempt at analyzing the limited understanding by Christian believers of the Trinitarian dogma as presented in biblical & theological texts. Though ultimately an insoluble mystery for human reason, the dogma can be shown to have a measure of metaphorical & metonymic coherence. At the same time, the paper claims that human access to transcendental notions is, in a deep sense, inevitably metaphorical & consists of an elaborate network of mappings of human-sized notions onto the domain of the divine. This network is claimed to be a manifestation of the root metaphor GOD-HUMAN. The author further claims that the opposite root metaphor, HUMAN-GOD, constitutes one of the warrants, together with divine inspiration & the context provided by Revelation, of the truth of statements about God made on the basis of the first root metaphor.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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