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an aspect of another domain). Metaphors are usually stablished on the basis of perceived similarity between the two
concepts.
Metaphorical extension
Viros can be a disease, but also can be a computer program
From concrete to abstract
Style coming from stylus. Manner of writing.
From animal to human
Mouse can be an animal, but also can be a person who is quiet and insignificant.
Lion can be an animal, but also can be a strong and coragoeus animal, or who is fiercely cruel or tyrannical.
Dead metaphors -- “Metaphors, once no longer recognized as figurative, become ‘dead’, as in flower- bed, blind corner
and dead metaphor itself.”
Metonymy
A word or phrase designating a concept of a specific domain or semantic field used to designate another aspect of
the same domain on the basis of contiguity. Metonymy is based on a semantic link established by association, e.g.
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