Metaphorical mapping between raw–cooked food and strangeness–familiarity in Chinese culture
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- 作者：Xiaohong Deng ; Yuan Qu ; Huihui Zheng ; Yang Lu ; Xin Zhong ; Anne Ward…
- 关键词：Food state ; Interpersonal familiarity ; Metaphorical mapping ; Chinese culture ; Morphing technique ; Cognitive metaphor theory
- 刊名：Cognitive Processing
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：February 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：18
- 期：1
- 页码：39-45
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- 刊物主题：Neurosciences; Behavioral Sciences; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics);
- 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- ISSN：1612-4790
- 卷排序：18
文摘
Previous research has demonstrated metaphorical mappings between physical coldness–warmth and social distance–closeness. Since the concepts of interpersonal warmth are frequently expressed in terms of food-related words in Chinese, the present study sought to explore whether the concept of raw–cooked food could be unconsciously and automatically mapped onto strangeness–familiarity. After rating the nutritive value of raw or cooked foods, participants were presented with morphing movies in which their acquaintances gradually transformed into strangers or strangers gradually morphed into acquaintances, and were asked to stop the movies when the combined images became predominantly target faces. The results demonstrated that unconscious and automatic metaphorical mappings between raw–cooked food and strangeness–familiarity exist. This study provides a foundation for testing whether Chinese people can think about interpersonal familiarity using mental representations of raw–cooked food and supports cognitive metaphor theory from a crosslinguistic perspective.