Tipuri de metafore conceptuale bazate pe elemente și fenomene din natură în limbile latină, română și spaniolă
Types of Conceptual Metaphors Based on Elements and Phenomena of Nature in Latin, Romanian and Spanish

Summary/Abstract: In the present work we propose to carry out a classification of the conceptual metaphors that are based on natural phenomena and elements of nature, present in phraseological units, in Latin, Romanian and Spanish. The metaphors that we consider contain the notions of ´water´, ´air´, ´fire´ and ´earth´. Thus, starting from the idea that although all the expressions contain these metaphors, not in all situations the noun that names the element of nature is the conceptualized one, we propose to establish what other lexical class can be conceptualized inside the expression. At the same time, our attention is drawn to the substantial contribution of the conceptualized element to the formation of the global meaning of the expression of which it is part.

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