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Krašovec Metaphor , Symbol and Personification in Presentations of Life and Values
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Krašovec, Jože |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | Language is the vehicle of our perception, descriptions and explanations of reality. The key to meaning is understanding the logical structure of our language, the truth-conditions of reality and the correct use of linguistic signs. Interpersonal communica-tion that concentrates on the actual and on the logically-possible world represents for us the central use of language. Any approach to the issue of language entails problems about the connections between the mind, the general aspects of reality and the general features or characteristics of different languages. Language interacts with every aspect of human life and society. An essential and prominent part of language is naming things or objects, animals and humans according to their appearance, supposed essence, action and decision. The aim of this article is to scrutinize the role of names, words, symbols and metaphors as artistic and literary devices for expressing human values and their personifications as foundations of human personal and social life. Since the antiquity the views on the use of signs as fundamental means of expression in mental operations and sensations are the central issue of philosophy of language. The main question, how metaphors, symbols and personifications are involved in our life. These means of expression are not merely a matter of language, but a matter of conceptual structure of our perception. Symbols, especially symbolic objects or personifications, help to define the experience of human beings in the natural order of things. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.teof.uni-lj.si/uploads/File/BV/BV2016/03/Krasovec.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
