An analysis of conceptual metaphors based on stone, storm and sea in Romanian and Spanish Cover Image

Un análisis de las metáforas conceptuales que se basan en piedra, tormenta y mar en rumano y español
An analysis of conceptual metaphors based on stone, storm and sea in Romanian and Spanish

Author(s): Veronica Dobrișor
Subject(s): Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Semiotics / Semiology, Lexis, Semantics, Language acquisition, Philology
Published by: Editura Pro Universitaria
Keywords: conceptual metaphors; phraseological units; stone; storm; sea;

Summary/Abstract: This study’s objective is to analyse the conceptual metaphors based on natural phenomena and natural elements present in phraseological units. We are talking about metaphors based on the following terms: stone, storm and sea. This study’s innovation consists in an analysis of some metaphors in two different languages with the aim of observing the way these terms represent two different cultures, which actually have the same root: Latin.

  • Issue Year: 12/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 144-157
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Spanish