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Метафора как объект научных исследований в рамках современной дискурсивно-когнитивной парадигмы
Metaphor as an object of study in the contemporary framework of discourse-cognitive paradigm

Author(s): Elena Stoyanova
Subject(s): Cognitive linguistics
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: theory of metaphor; cognitive linguistics; thinking; language and culture; discourse

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses some modern approaches in the research of metaphor. Metaphor is viewed as a phenomenon of interaction of language, thinking and culture. It is becoming one of the most important scientific objects in discourse-cognitive paradigm of modern research.