"Something in the way she moves" -- metaphors of musical motion
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Date
2003
Authors
Johnson, Mark, 1949-
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Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
Abstract
Our most fundamental concepts of musical motion and space, used by laypeople and
music theorists alike, are defined by conceptual metaphors that are based on our experience of physical motion. We analyze the 3 most important metaphors of musical motion: the "MOVING MUSIC" metaphor, the "MUSICAL LANDSCAPE" metaphor, and the "MOVING FORCE" metaphor. We show how each metaphor is
grounded in a particular basic experience of physical motion and physical forces and
how the logic of physical motion shapes the logic of musical motion. We suggest that
our conceptualization of, discourse about, and even our experience of musical motion
depend on the logic of these 3 metaphors.
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22 p.
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Citation
Metaphor and Symbol. Vol.18, No.2, 2003 (63-84)