The philosophical research on metaphor in Chinese and international journals from 2009 to 2023 has consistently engaged withembodied metaphor(or embodied simulation).However,Chinese journals primarily focus on ideological and cognitive perspectives,while international journals encompass modalities of spatio-temporal existence,diagnostic communication,the science of metaphor,and metaphorical reasoning.Despite significant divergence of major topics in linguistic studies of metaphor,both Chinese and international journals share a concern with conceptual metaphor and its empirical cognitive studies.Conceptual metaphor also represents a future research trajectory in the philosophical domain both nationally and internationally,transitioning from normative to empirical research.However,linguistic research on metaphor is relatively mature in international journals,whereas the trends in China are emerging in metaphor translation processes,metonymy-metaphor interactions,and deliberate metaphor use.Additionally,metaphor research in philosophy and linguistics shows a converging trend in research topics,research methods and new theory generation,which are embodied in experimental philosophy as well as philosophy of language.Under the background of interdisciplinary research,Chinese journals should keep their distinct Chinese characteristics,drawing lessons from international journals.Cross-disciplinary barriers in metaphor research will be broken with the emergence of new research realms,methods and theories,as a result of the blur of humanities and science in the digital age.
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