Holismo semántico y metáforas: estructura, contexto y variación interpretativa

Dantas Freitas Estrela, Kênio Angelo

Holismo semántico y metáforas: estructura, contexto y variación interpretativa

dc.contributor.author	Dantas Freitas Estrela, Kênio Angelo
dc.date.accessioned	2025-10-27T14:33:33Z
dc.date.available	2025-10-27T14:33:33Z
dc.date.issued	2025
dc.description.abstract	This article combines Lakoff and Johnson’s conceptual metaphor theory with Henry Jackman’s moderate semantic holism to offer a more precise understanding of figurative language as a situated semantic phenomenon. It argues that, while conceptual metaphor theory provides a coherent framework for explaining systematicity, it tends to underestimate interpretive variability and the role of discursive context. In contrast, moderate holism conceives metaphorical meaning as a many-to-one function, locally stabilized within partially shared belief networks. Through a theoretical review and the analysis of three metaphors drawn from contemporary Spanish—related to running, teaching, and emotional life—the article shows that figurative interpretation does not follow fixed rules or literal substitutions, but rather emerges from situated communicative practices. This approach broadens the scope of figurative meaning studies from an interdisciplinary perspective, combining philosophical and linguistic tools with special attention to context. This article combines Lakoff and Johnson’s conceptual metaphor theory with Henry Jackman’s moderate semantic holism to offer a more precise understanding of figurative language as a situated semantic phenomenon. It argues that, while conceptual metaphor theory provides a coherent framework for explaining systematicity, it tends to underestimate interpretive variability and the role of discursive context. In contrast, moderate holism conceives metaphorical meaning as a many-to-one function, locally stabilized within partially shared belief networks. Through a theoretical review and the analysis of three metaphors drawn from contemporary Spanish—related to running, teaching, and emotional life—the article shows that figurative interpretation does not follow fixed rules or literal substitutions, but rather emerges from situated communicative practices. This approach broadens the scope of figurative meaning studies from an interdisciplinary perspective, combining philosophical and linguistic tools with special attention to context.
dc.identifier.citation	Griot: Revista de Filosofia, Vol. 25, N°3 (2025) p. 190–200.
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.31977/grirfi.v25i3.5424
dc.identifier.issn	2178-1036
dc.identifier.orcid	https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3899-3004
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12254/4362
dc.language.iso	es
dc.publisher	Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia
dc.rights	Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 3.0 Chile (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 CL)
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/cl/
dc.subject	Metáfora
dc.subject	Holismo
dc.subject	Semántico moderado
dc.subject	Interpretación contextual
dc.subject	Significado figurado
dc.subject	Redes inferenciales
dc.title	Holismo semántico y metáforas: estructura, contexto y variación interpretativa
dc.type	Article