| Author | Ewelina Woźniak-Wrzesińska |
|---|---|
| Title | The metaphoric approaches to the term the face of the Other / the face of the other in the selected Polish, humanist texts referring to studies of otherness |
| Keywords | philosophy of dialogue, Levinas, semantic and rhetorical metaphor, conceptual metaphor |
| Pages | 103-116 |
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| Volume | 32 |
The purpose of this article is to describe the metaphorization of terms in humanist texts. As the subject of analysis, I have chosen the extended term the face of the Other / the face of the other. I look at it from two perspectives: semantic-rhetorical and cognitive, and juxtapose traditional and conceptual metaphors. I notice that the traditional (semantic-rhetorical) metaphor is textual exponent of the conceptual metaphor. Finally, I come to the conclusion that the characteristics of undefined and undefinable terms should be based on a two-faceted description of their metaphor. Such research method allows for observation of how discourse, under analysis, is modeled.