Inglise leksikoloogia kordamisküsimuste vastused
baptism implies a friendly tie)
33. Metaphor and metonymy
Metaphor…transference based on a perception of similarity between the source and the resulting sense. The use of a
word or phrase usually designating a concept of one domain or semantic field (the source domain) used to designate
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.”
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