味觉隐喻研究概况及其内在机制

An Overview of Research on Taste Metaphor and Its Intrinsic Mechanisms

味觉不仅仅是简单的物理化学感受,它可延伸出其相关隐喻,潜在的影响人的情绪、直觉甚至是认知判断。文章从酸甜苦三种基础味觉隐喻出发,说明味觉隐喻研究的社会重要性,用具身理论假说、进化假说以及情绪调节假说从不同视角试图阐明味觉隐喻的内在机制,并提出味觉隐喻研究存在的问题和展望。

Taste is not only a simple physical and chemical sensation, but also extends its related metaphors to potentially influence human emotions, intuition, and even cognitive judgment. In this paper, we start from the three basic taste metaphors of sweet, sour and bitter, illustrate the social importance of the study of taste metaphors, try to elucidate the intrinsic mechanism of taste metaphors from different perspectives using the body theory hypothesis, the evolutionary hypothesis, and the emotion regulation hypothesis, and put forward the problems and perspectives of the study of taste metaphors.