Conceptual metaphor in trading card games
2022; John Benjamins Publishing Company; Volume: 20; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1075/rcl.00120.pap
ISSN1877-976X
Autores Tópico(s)Humor Studies and Applications
ResumoAbstract The current study aims to demonstrate that trading card games (TCGs), also called collectible card games (CCGs), represent a potentially fruitful area of research in metaphor studies. A popular trading card game called Yu-Gi-Oh! is examined, and the argument is made that players utilize the cognitive mechanisms of conceptual metaphor to conceptualize its core game mechanics. Based on the results of a survey ( n = 186) it was concluded that players conceptualize such game mechanics in line with the logics inherent in the Location Event Structure Metaphor, in conjunction with the metaphors birth is arrival , life is being present here , and death is departure . This implies that it is precisely the embodied cognitive mechanisms of conceptual metaphor which allow for a shared, intersubjective understanding between players to exist regarding the meanings of various gameplay scenarios in Yu-Gi-Oh! , and possibly in many other trading card games as well.
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