« Les palmiers sont à Marrakech ce que les roues sont à la voiture » : Enoncés analogiques et modèles cognitifs

Abstract

This paper deals with the proportional analogy such as “A est à B ce que C est à D” (≈ As C is to D, so is A to B). In this study, such a projection mapping is viewed as a conceptual integration that integrates partial structures from two separate domains into a single structure. This blending operation is supported by Idealized Cognitive Models and frames shared by the speakers. The aim of this paper is to characterize the ICMs about cars as cultural objects and to propose a taxonomy of the relationships linked by the analogical projections. A qualitative study of 268 utterances taken from the web allow us to describe these relationships in terms of parangon, telic role, part-whole relations, agentive role and pragmatic inferences ad hoc available through background knowledge.