Affiliation:
1. University of Novi Sad
Abstract
Abstract
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.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Subject
Linguistics and Language,Developmental and Educational Psychology,Language and Linguistics
Cited by
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