IMAGE SCHEMATIC ACCOUNT OF TRANSLATION

In cognitive linguistics, human beings generate images all the time. The term image implicates perception in all acts of conceptualization. Concepts (even abstract concepts) develop from representations of a perceptual conglomeration of visual, auditory, haptic, motoric, olfactory, and gustatory experiences. Images are always analog representations of specific things or activities. While immediate perceptions form the basis of mental imagery, the images themselves are abstractions in which the individual can fill in details as s/he frames new experiences. Fig.1 is an image, yet to most Westerners, fig.1 could be the image of national flag of South Korea, yet to Chinese people, it is an image of two fish, white (yang) and black (yin), the symbol of Taiji. Fig.1 image 1.2 Schema Schemas are fixed templates superimposed onto perceptions and conceptions to render meaningful representations, are cognitive representations comprising a generalization over perceived similarities among instances of usages. By repeatedly activating a set of properties in a particular way, for example, individuals develop “top-down ” frames for construing different facets of experiences, with each repeated instance becoming an organized framework of objects and relations which have yet to be filled in with concrete details. For example, SUPERMARKET SHOPPING includes slots for such roles as “shopping car”, “hunting for items”, “checking out”, any of which can be filled in with specific values