Pogoda jako domena zrodlowa wyrazen metaforycznych
Weather as the source domain for metaphorical expressions

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the study is to demonstrate the pervasiveness of concepts related to WEATHER that indicate the presence or absence of problems in human mind. The linguistic material that is the subject of the analysis is the language used in everyday communication. An additional claim is that the directionality of metaphorical transfer is uniform and proceeds from concrete to abstract concepts. Furthermore, I will try to show that talking about the presence or absence of problems in terms related to WEATHER is systematic and forms a coherent network of metaphorical expressions whose structuring is partial. The final claim I would like to make is that the expressions that reflect the concept have a common experiential basis, and it is only because of its presence that the metaphor can be comprehended.

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