Zhao Xia, Zheng Yi, Zhao Xincheng
School of Foreign Languages, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang, China.
Center for Applied English Studies, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Front Psychol. 2023 Feb 10;14:1042121. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1042121. eCollection 2023.
Conceptual Metaphor has been a prevalent theme in the linguistic field for the recent twenty years. Numerous scholars worldwide have shown interest in it and published many academic papers from various stances on this topic. However, so far, there have been few rigorous scientific mapping investigations. With the help of bibliometric analysis tool, we selected 1,257 articles on Conceptual Metaphors published from 2002 to 2022, as collected in the Web of Sciences Core Collection database, from unique cognitive perspectives. The global annual scientific output of Conceptual Metaphor, including the cited articles, sources, keywords, and research trends, will be examined in this study. The most notable findings of this study are the following. First, there has been an upward trend in Conceptual Metaphor research over the last two decades. Second, the five most prominent research groups on Conceptual Metaphors are in Spain, the United States of America, China, Great Britain, and Russia. Third, future research on Conceptual Metaphors may focus on corpus linguistics, neurolinguistics, psychology, and critical discourse analysis. The interdisciplinary study may enhance the growth of Conceptual Metaphors.
概念隐喻在近二十年来一直是语言学领域的一个普遍主题。全球众多学者都对其表现出兴趣，并就该主题从各种立场发表了许多学术论文。然而，到目前为止，很少有严谨的科学图谱研究。借助文献计量分析工具，我们从独特的认知视角，选取了2002年至2022年发表在科学网核心合集数据库中的1257篇关于概念隐喻的文章。本研究将考察概念隐喻的全球年度科学产出，包括被引文章、来源、关键词和研究趋势。本研究最显著的发现如下。第一，在过去二十年里，概念隐喻研究呈上升趋势。第二，关于概念隐喻的五个最突出的研究群体分别在西班牙、美国、中国、英国和俄罗斯。第三，概念隐喻的未来研究可能集中在语料库语言学、神经语言学、心理学和批判性话语分析上。跨学科研究可能会促进概念隐喻研究的发展。
