General Considerations on the Traditional and Cognitive Approach to Metaphor
General Considerations on the Traditional and Cognitive Approach to Metaphor
Author(s): Daniela DălălăuSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii Petru Maior
Keywords: metaphor; conceptual metaphor; cognitive approach; theories; language
Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to present some of the most relevant approaches to the study of metaphor. Being a widespread feature of everyday language, metaphor has been the subject of different and sometimes controversial theories advanced not only by linguists, but also by philosophers, psychologists etc.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Petru Maior. Philologia
- Issue Year: 2011
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 235-240
- Page Count: 6
- Language: English